Benefits and Health Insurance
Health Insurance Open Enrollment Starts November 1st!
October 29, 2018November 1, 2018 marks the start of the sixth Open Enrollment period through the Maryland Health Benefits Exchange! Seedco’s Maryland Health Connection team is kicking off its sixth year of helping Maryland consumers enroll or re-enroll in affordable health insurance. Since we launched this work in 2013, Seedco and our partners have facilitated more than…Learn More
In April, the Human Services Council (HSC) released a report from the Commission on Value-Based Care, titled “Integrating Health and Human Services: A Blueprint for Partnership and Action.” Seedco’s Executive Director Tara Colton was a member of the Commission, which was led by the Vice Chair of Seedco’s Board, Lilliam Barrios-Paoli.Learn More
Congressman Steny Hoyer Visits Seedco Navigators To Discuss the 2018 Open Enrollment Season
November 27, 2017On November 27, Seedco was honored to host Congressman Steny Hoyer at our Waldorf, Maryland Office. Congressman Hoyer visited the Charles County Seedco Office at Health Partners to meet with Navigators and discuss the current open enrollment period. “I want to thank the dedicated navigators at Seedco, as well as the staff at Health Partners, for their contributions to the people of Charles County,” said Congressman Hoyer. “I will continue to work with stakeholders in our communities to make sure more families in Maryland have access to affordable health care.”Learn More
Help Available to Find Affordable Health Care
September 13, 2017A letter to the editor in the Baltimore Sun urges readers to contact Seedco to enroll in affordable health insurance. The letter notes that “Focusing on public education and culturally sensitive face-to-face enrollment services, Seedco strives to create a user-friendly and accessible environment for families enrolling in health insurance.”Learn More
Seedco Expands Health Care Access Efforts in Maryland
August 29, 2017In July 2017, Seedco was awarded a $519,000 grant by the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to expand its valuable work providing consumer healthcare access to Maryland residents. The new grant expands Seedco’s service area from the seven counties of the Upper Eastern Shore to include three additional counties considered to make up the Southern Maryland Region. These counties are Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s. Seedco now operates in ten counties and provides health care enrollment services in two of the program’s eight regions.Learn More
Baltimore Sun: Significant Decline in Uninsured Residents of Maryland’s Eastern Shore Region
August 29, 2017An August 27 Baltimore Sun article details how Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore region has seen a major decline in the share of residents without health coverage. From 2013 to 2015, the number of residents lacking health coverage in one Congressional district dropped by 54% – the largest decrease in the state. Seedco has been a leader in health insurance enrollment in the Eastern Shore since 2013 and we are proud to play a central role in bringing much-needed health coverage to this community.Learn More
Seedco’s Navigator program in the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland has helped thousands of Marylanders enroll in affordable health insurance since the program launched in 2013. Read one consumer’s powerful testimonial about the support they received from Seedco.Learn More
In May 2016, Seedco was awarded a $1.017 million grant by the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to continue its valuable work providing consumer healthcare access to residents of the Upper Eastern Shore Region of Maryland. Since 2013, Seedco has led efforts to increase health care access in the region with key partners such as the Eastern Shore AHEC, Triangle Health Alliance, and West Cecil Health Center. Learn More
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Seedco $950,000 to enroll eligible Maryland children in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as part of the Connecting Kids to Coverage campaign. Seedco will target populations with lower health coverage rates, with a special emphasis on Latino children, children living in rural areas from the…Learn More
The Brookings Institution recently released a study of Washington Adventist Hospital (WAH), a hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland, that highlighted their partnership with Seedco to help patients enroll in benefits through our EarnBenefits Online software. The report noted that “the partnership with Seedco is an important new dimension to WAH’s ability to address the full…Learn More