Premium assistance is not available at this time.
All premium assistance is in use by current AccessTN members.
As members leave the program, premium help will be offered to others.
Here are your options:
1. Wait to enroll in AccessTN until you can get help with paying your premiums. If you prefer this option, complete and return the Premium Assistance Notice. We will add your name to a waiting list, based on when we get your form. We will notify you when premium help is available. Then you will have 30 days to return a full application to us. You do not need to send in the Application for Health Coverage now.
2. Enroll in AccessTN now and pay the full premium until help with your premium becomes available. If you prefer this option, you do not need to complete this form. However, you will need to complete the Application for Health Coverage. The application is also online at www.AccessTN.gov. We will still add your name to the AccessTN waiting list. We will notify you when help with your premium is available.
The General Assembly has appropriated $13 million in funds for premium assistance to make monthly premiums more affordable for low-income participants. Preliminarily, the State's Board of Directors have made some determinations about how the premium assistance program will be structured with more deliberation to follow.
Among these early decisions, the State's Board of Directors has determined that premium assistance:
To create incentives toward healthier behavior and to maximize funds available to help lower-income participants, the Board has decided that premium assistance funds will be allocated based on the amount of a non-smoking participant at target weight or below.
Persons in Household |
Incomes up to |
Incomes up to |
Incomes up to |
200% FPL |
250% FPL |
350% FPL |
|
1 |
$ 21,660 |
$ 27,075 |
$ 37,905 |
2 |
$ 29,140 |
$ 36,425 |
$ 50,995 |
3 |
$ 36,620 |
$ 45,775 |
$ 64,085 |
4 |
$ 44,100 |
$ 55,125 |
up to $75,000 |
5 |
$ 51,580 |
$ 64,475 |
up to $75,000 |
6 |
$ 59,060 |
$ 73,825 |
up to $75,000 |
7 |
$ 66,540 |
up to $75,000 |
up to $75,000 |
8 |
$ 74,020 |
up to $75,000 |
up to $75,000 |
State Premium |
Program pays 60% |
Program pays 40% |
Program pays 20% |
Assistance |
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Member Share of Premium |
Member pays 40% |
Member pays 60% |
Member pays 80% |