Marketplace Healthcare News

07/14/2021

Need to get insured or change your plans? It's now easier, for a limited time.

For ACA plans, typically anyone can enroll during "Open Enrollment" which runs Nov 1-Dec 15, and outside of those dates, people need a qualifying "life change" to enroll (such as a birth, marriage, moving cities, etc).

Due to the exceptional circumstances of Covid-19, most states are now allowing anyone* to enroll without a qualifying life change from Feb 15 through August 15 also - they're calling this a "Covid Special Enrollment Period."

In these states, the end dates are slightly different:

  • California: ends December 31*
  • Idaho: ends April 30*
  • Massachusetts: ends July 23
  • Minnesota: ends July 16*
  • New Jersey: ends Nov 30
  • New York: ends December 31
  • Vermont: ends May 14*
  • Washington DC: ends when the pandemic is over*

For all other states, the "Covid Special Enrollment Period" is active from Feb 15 through August 15.

* Several states are only allowing uninsured people to enroll without a qualifying life change: California (anyone is eligible through May 15, after that, only uninsured are), Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington DC.

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