The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurance companies to send the federal government a list of their members who have “minimum essential coverage” as the law defines. To comply with this law, we will need the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of all members our health plans cover.
This requirement applies to all health plans for large and small groups and individuals.
We are sending
letters to members for whom we do not have SSNs (or the SSNs of their covered dependents). Some of your customers may receive this letter. This letter asks them to visit our website and log into My Health Toolkit
® to update their SSNs. They can also call Customer Service.
If any members ask you about the letter, please assure them our request is legitimate. Please also encourage them to respond by following the instructions in the letter. Having the member’s SSN will allow us to show the government that the member has adequate health insurance and is not subject to the individual mandate penalty fee.
We will also be sending
group administrators information about this request. If you have any questions, please call your marketing representative.
Thank you for your cooperation.