TOPEKA – Monday, Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt unveiled the annual “Overview of the Health Insurance Market in Kansas.” The annual report details the 2022 Kansas Health Insurance Market (Marketplace). Several of the enhancements Kansans can expect to see within the 2022 Marketplace include: 

• The addition of a new health insurance company - This addition will increase the number of health insurance companies doing business on the Marketplace to seven and gives more health insurance options to some Kansas counties. 

• A 23% increase in available health insurance policies - This increase brings the state’s total individual and family health insurance policies available on the Marketplace to 123. 

• The addition of a new dental insurance company - This addition will increase the total number of companies providing dental insurance to five and increase the state’s total amount of individual and family dental policies available on the Marketplace to 16. 

“Increased competition is a good thing, especially when it comes to health insurance,” said Commissioner Schmidt. “The increase of choice and competition will make it easier for a number of Kansans to choose a plan that best fits their health insurance needs.” 

Kansans wishing to purchase health coverage on the 2022 Marketplace will have from Nov. 1 until Jan. 15, 2022. Kansans who would like to start their health insurance coverage effective Jan. 1, 2020, must enroll by Dec. 15. Health insurance purchased on the Marketplace between Dec. 16 and Jan. 15 will not begin coverage until Feb. 1, 2022. 

For additional information on the 2022 Kansas Health Insurance Marketplace, visit the Kansas Insurance Department’s website at insurance.kansas.gov/health-life.