Is 2015 data available for small group plans?

Question

We are using V3.0 of the Healthcare.gov Finder to access small group plans, but nothing is being returned for plans with effective date of 2015-01-01. Are small group plans available for 2015?

Answer 1

Yes, 2015 data is certainly available. Here is a sample request, that returns 309 plans for the Fairfax, VA area as of 12/08/2014:

curl 'https://api.finder.healthcare.gov/v3.0/getSMGPlanQuotes' -H 'Content-Type: application/xml' --data-binary $'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<p:PlanQuoteRequest xmlns:p="http://hios.cms.org/api" xmlns:p1="http://hios.cms.org/api-types" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hios.cms.org/api hios-api-11.0.xsd ">\n  <p:Enrollees>\n    <p1:DateOfBirth>1984-01-01</p1:DateOfBirth>\n    <p1:Gender>Male</p1:Gender>\n    \n    <p1:Relation>SELF</p1:Relation>\n    <p1:InHouseholdIndicator>true</p1:InHouseholdIndicator>\n  </p:Enrollees>\n  \n\n \n    \n\n  <p:Location>\n    <p1:ZipCode>22031</p1:ZipCode>\n     <p1:County>\n         <p1:FipsCode>51059</p1:FipsCode>\n         <p1:CountyName>FAIRFAX</p1:CountyName>\n         <p1:StateCode>VA</p1:StateCode>\n      </p1:County>\n  </p:Location>\n  <p:InsuranceEffectiveDate>2015-01-01</p:InsuranceEffectiveDate>\n  <p:Market>SmallGroup</p:Market>\n  <p:IsFilterAnalysisRequiredIndicator>true</p:IsFilterAnalysisRequiredIndicator>\n  \n  <p:PaginationInformation>\n    <p1:PageNumber>1</p1:PageNumber>\n    <p1:PageSize>10</p1:PageSize>\n  </p:PaginationInformation>\n\n  <p:SortOrder>\n            <p1:SortField>BASE RATE</p1:SortField>\n            <p1:SortDirection>ASC</p1:SortDirection>\n  </p:SortOrder>\n  <p:Filter>\n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n     \n      \n    \n</p:Filter>\n  \n</p:PlanQuoteRequest>\n' --compressed