Health Reform Enrollment December 2012 Update (pdf)

As states continue to look for new ways to meet the challenge of enrolling millions of people into health insurance in 2014, leaders in the development of new mobile technologies are exploring new ways to enroll families using mobile tools – including smartphones, iPads, and other tablets.These new technologies could help make the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) vision of a “first-class” consumer experience into a reality. Social Interest Solutions (SIS) is one of those leaders, having developed a mobile application of its Web-based enrollment tool, One-e-App. Pilot testing of this tool demonstrates its potential to make enrollment in health insurance and other programs available at the touch of a fingertip – whenever and wherever it is most convenient for families.

In this month’s Update, Lucy Streett, Senior Policy Manager for SIS, explains the importance of exploring all opportunities to use information technologies – including mobile tools -- to facilitate the fast and easy enrollment of families in coverage being made available through the ACA. Read the attached interview with this leader from SIS.

For further information you can read SIS’s recent issue brief or The Children’s Partnership’s earlier report, Mobile Technology: Smart Tools to Increase Participation in Health Coverage.