Category Archives: Open Enrollment

Marketplace Open Enrollment Meeting; SNAP; and Resources

October 23, 2025

These are very challenging times. ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment is about to begin, and the partisan budget bill signed into law on July 4 of this year did not extend the enhanced premium tax credits that helped to make Marketplace plans more affordable to millions of Americans. In addition, during the government shutdown, the Trump Administration has refused to release funds for the food stamp program known as SNAP, so millions of Americans are going to feel the hunger pains from not having their benefits.

These are indeed tough times. These are mean policy decisions that will only inflict pain of everyday Americans.

Collectively, we must do the best we can to meet the moment, and provide valuable information, and direct people in our community to vital resources.

Please see below for more information:

ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment Community Meeting:
As we do every year, CCHCC will be holding a Community Meeting for ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment, where community members can come and learn about the Marketplace and what options are available.

Please note that even though the partisan budget bill signed into law on July 4 did not extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Subsidies – that’s the financial assistance to make health insurance premiums more affordable based on your income – the regular Premium Tax Subsidies are still available, and folks might be able to find coverage that works for them.

We encourage community members to attend this meeting if they are eligible for Marketplace coverage!

WHAT: Marketplace Open Enrollment Community Meeting

WHEN: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 7 p.m.

WHERE: Champaign Public Library; 200 W. Green St., Champaign

AMENITIES: Free parking; accessible; and refreshments.

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Medicare Open Enrollment Meeting – tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.!

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October 14, 2025

Tomorrow morning – Wednesday, October 15 – CCHCC will be holding our annual Medicare Open Enrollment Community Meeting at 10 a.m. at the Champaign Public Library.

Please join us!

The meeting is open to anyone who has Medicare or who will soon be eligible to start receiving Medicare.

Our presenter is Nicole Mitchell, who is CCHCC’s Senior Services Specialist.

Nicole will provide information about the basics of Medicare, and Medicare Open Enrollment. And there will be a Q & A session.

Here are the basics about tomorrow’s meeting:

WHAT: Medicare Open Enrollment Community Meeting

WHEN: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 10 a.m.

WHERE: Champaign Public Library / 200 W. Green Street in Champaign / Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

AMENITIES: Free parking / refreshments
Please note that Medicare Open Enrollment takes place from October 15 through December 7, 2025 for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans for 2026.

Please help spread the word to publicize these events!

Sincerely,
Champaign County Health Care Consumers

OBBA Cuts and Open Enrollment: CCHCC is your trusted source for information

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September 8, 2025

On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed the cartoonishly-named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA) into law. This budget bill creates a massive regressive transfer of wealth through its harmful provisions – these provisions impose massive cuts to programs that benefit lower- and middle-income individuals in order to fund tax cuts to the wealthiest families and corporations.

Some of the harmful cuts from OBBA are already beginning and will soon be affecting individuals and families who depend on programs such as SNAP (food stamps) and subsidies in the ACA Marketplace. The harmful impacts of OBBA will take place over a period of months and years.

Thanks to OBBA, the largest cut in the history of SNAP – the food stamp program that millions of individuals and families depend on to meet their nutritional needs – began on Monday, September 1, 2025. It is estimated that 2.4 million households will lose their SNAP benefits all together. And it is estimated that households across the U.S. who retain their SNAP benefits will lose anywhere from $72 to $231 per month, compared to their current benefit level.

You can count on Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) to provide you with the information you need, as these changes unfold and impact our community.

Many of these changes are starting to take place and will also have impacts on households as we head into Open Enrollment season for Medicare and the ACA Marketplace.

CCHCC is planning three Community Meetings for September and October – one to provide information on OBBA and the cuts that are coming; and two for Open Enrollments (Medicare and Marketplace).

Please mark your calendars and save these dates! And please note that all three of these Community Meetings will be held at the Champaign Public Library at 200 W. Green Street in Champaign.

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Save these dates for Community Meetings on OBBA and Open Enrollment

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August 21, 2025

Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) is preparing for a busy fall. We will be hosting a community meeting to help explain the provisions of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, which included massive spending cuts to healthcare and food programs, among other programs that people rely on.

Additionally, we are also preparing for Open Enrollment for both Medicare and the Marketplace, so we will be holding meetings on those topics and explaining any changes to these programs for 2026.

All events listed below will be held at the Champaign Public Library at 200 W. Green Street, in Champaign.

Please mark your calendars and save these dates:

Community Meeting on OBBA – Thursday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. at the Champaign Public Library. This meeting will be open to the public. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide information about the budget bill passed by the Senate and the House, and signed into law on July 4, 2025. This budget bill slashes funding to many important health, food, and housing programs. We will provide information about the cuts to vital programs, why the cuts were made, when those cuts are expected to take effect, how they will impact our community, and what our community can do to mitigate the harmful impacts of these budget cuts.

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It is Open Enrollment Season for Medicare and Marketplace!

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November 21, 2024

Medicare and Marketplace Open Enrollment Periods are going on right now!

Do you need help enrolling in health insurance, or checking the plans you are on? CCHCC is here to help!

Health insurance enrollment – We’ve got you covered! Health insurance enrollment work requires increasingly specialized knowledge and skills – whether for Medicare, or for the ACA Marketplace and Medicaid. Our federally-certified staff are the most experienced enrollment counselors in our community. This means that anyone – young or old or in between; employed or unemployed; retired; low-income, middle-income, high income, or no income; currently insured or uninsured – can contact CCHCC and we will help them figure out what coverage is available to them, and we will help them get covered!

Our services are provided for free to community members. With your support, CCHCC can provide free, vital direct services to keep our community covered.

Please read on to learn how to get an appointment with a CCHCC staff member, and to learn more about Medicare and Marketplace Open Enrollments.