HHS Website Offers New Health Insurance Tools

HHS is offering new tools at  www.HealthCare.gov. It also offers a 24-hour-a-day consumer call center to help Americans prepare for open enrollment and sign up for private health insurance. The new tools will help people understand their choices and select the coverage when open enrollment begins on October 1 for the new Health Insurance Marketplace. The Website integrates social media, sharable content, and engagement destinations for consumers. The site will also launch with a Web chat function. The call center will provide educational information between now and the start of open enrollment. Beginning Oct. 1, it will help consumers complete applications and select plans. The call center provides assistance in more than 150 languages. For more information, visit www.HealthCare.gov.