Uh Oh, Is This How Easy It is to Be a Navigator?

[AllenChicago]

March 14, 2013

The Georgia legislature has approved the state's Insurance Navigator bill. The Navigators will need to be licensed, have 35 hours of training and ongoing continuing education.

Story: Bill to license new health care workers clears final hurdle | www.ajc.com

I thought only groups like Unions, Non-Profits, and other business entities could legally be called "Navigators". That these Navigator entities (like www.EnrollAmerica.org) employed workers to do the actual explainin and enrollin. Is the above article saying that the workers need to be individually licensed, or is it enough for just the Navigator entity itself to be licensed? Also, is this some new kind of NEWLY DEVELOPED license, or the usual Life/Health license?
-ac

 

[eharriett]

Every state is treating navigators differently. In Ohio, there's a bill that should be passing soon requiring anyone who is a navigator get licensed and take CE credits to keep it up, effectively putting them under the oversight of the Department of Insurance.

Sounds like not every state is taking an approach like that.

 

[kennethbroyles]

March 14, 2013

The Georgia legislature has approved the state's Insurance Navigator bill. The Navigators will need to be licensed, have 35 hours of training and ongoing continuing education.

Story: Bill to license new health care workers clears final hurdle | www.ajc.com

I thought only groups like Unions, Non-Profits, and other business entities could legally be called "Navigators". That these Navigator entities (like www.EnrollAmerica.org) employed workers to do the actual explainin and enrollin. Is the above article saying that the workers need to be individually licensed, or is it enough for just the Navigator entity itself to be licensed? Also, is this some new kind of NEWLY DEVELOPED license, or the usual Life/Health license?
-ac

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[AllenChicago]

July 16, 2013

Back to California, it's bad news when one of the Affordable Care Act's staunchest allies loses faith and reaches out to sound the alarm bell. (Covering his arse: "I was for it, but NOW I'm against it!")

"California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, a member of President Obama's own party, sees a potential for "real disaster" as poorly screened enrollment counselors gain access to sensitive patient data through Covered California, the state health exchange set up under the Affordable Care Act. Making matters worse, options for private health care coverage are dwindling to the point that residents of California, the most populous state in the union, will have very little to pick from should they choose to put their personal data at risk by shopping for coverage through Covered California."

Story: California Obamacare Patients Can Expect Few Choices, As Well as a "Real Disaster" - Hit & Run : Reason.com

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[rousemark]

March 14, 2013

The Georgia legislature has approved the state's Insurance Navigator bill. The Navigators will need to be licensed, have 35 hours of training and ongoing continuing education.

Story: Bill to license new health care workers clears final hurdle | www.ajc.com

I thought only groups like Unions, Non-Profits, and other business entities could legally be called "Navigators". That these Navigator entities (like www.EnrollAmerica.org) employed workers to do the actual explainin and enrollin. Is the above article saying that the workers need to be individually licensed, or is it enough for just the Navigator entity itself to be licensed? Also, is this some new kind of NEWLY DEVELOPED license, or the usual Life/Health license?
-ac

Tennessee is also going to require navigators be licensed insurance agents..

 

[Crabcake Johnny]

Is this really a thread about how easy it's going to be to get a job as a navigator? Wow - glad it's so hard to get a insurance license. Let's get real.

 

[taterpeeler]

although ball teed up I will not spank it out of the park.... those that know, know