February 15^th  is the final deadline to enroll before Open Enrollment ends.  The Affordable Care Act is an historic opportunity for individuals to increase their access to affordable, quality health care, through a number of private market reforms, and the establishment of the Health Insurance Marketplace. As we head into the final stretch of this Marketplace Open Enrollment period, please encourage your patients and community partners to visit www.HealthCare.gov or contact their respective Marketplace call center to learn about their options and the financial help that is available.

This is an opportunity for all of us, regardless of where we live or where we work to help others secure affordable, quality health insurance and access health care services.  Thank you for your contribution to improving the health of individuals and families across the country.

You can also visit https://marketplace.cms.gov/ for a broad range of educational tools and resources to share with the patients and communities you serve.

Ways you can help:

1. Direct individuals to gov (Spanish: CuidadoDeSalud.gov) to sign up for coverage or find local help, or, to the call center at 1-800-318-2596 (TTY: 1-855-889-4325) available 24/7 in 150 languages.

2. Use the following materials available in English and Spanish for download at cms.gov.
   • Marketplace Fact Sheets for Health Care Providers, including 10 Things Providers Need to Know and 10 Things to Tell your Patients

• Consumer Brochures, including the Value of Health Insurance, and the Health Insurance Marketplace
• Fact Sheets, including Key Dates for the Health Insurance Marketplace, and the Marketplace Application Checklist
• Instructions, such as 5 Steps to Staying Covered for re-enrolling through the Marketplace
• Postcards, Posters, Flyers, widgets, Infographics

3. Connect through social media

• Join the discussion at com/HealthCare.gov (Spanish: Facebook.com/CuidadoDeSalud.gov)
• Follow Healthcare.gov on Twitter, @HealthCareGov (Spanish: @CuidadoDeSalud)

4. For state specific information use these resources.

• Colorado http://connectforhealthco.com/
• Montana:  http://montanahealthanswers.com/events/
• North Dakota:  http://www.getcoverednorthdakota.org
• South Dakota:  http://www.getcoveredsouthdakota.org
• Utah:  Take Care Utah:  http://www.takcareutah.org or call 211
• Wyoming:  Enroll Wyoming:  https://211wyoming.communityos.org/cms/calendar or call 211