Health Marketplace Special Enrollment
You can now enroll in or change a health insurance marketplace plan only if you have a life event meaning a change in your situation like getting married having a baby or losing health coverage that qualifies you for a special enrollment period.
Health marketplace special enrollment. If you qualify for a 2020 special enrollment period create an account or log in to an existing one to enroll in a plan for 2020. You qualify for a special enrollment period if you ve had certain life events including losing health coverage moving getting married having a baby or adopting a child. If you lost your job based health plan.
Losing health insurance due to certain life events that you have no control over will qualify you for the special enrollment period sep. Phone licensed agents available. If you don t enroll and get coverage by this deadline you can t get subsidized health coverage.
You may qualify for a special enrollment period if you lost health coverage through your employer or the employer of a family member in the past 60 days or you expect to lose coverage in the next 60 days including if you lose health coverage through a parent or guardian because you re no longer a dependent. If you think you qualify for a special enrollment period for one of the situations listed on this page contact the marketplace call center at 1 800 318 2596 tty. The open enrollment period for getting government subsidized health insurance is between november 1st and december 15th every year.
Special enrollment period is a priod of time following a qualifying life event where you can access marketplace health insurance plans outside of open enrollment. 1 855 889 4325 the representative will ask for information about your situation to determine if your circumstances qualify you for a special enrollment period. Open enrollment to buy marketplace health insurance begins november 1st and ends december 15 2020 for coverage that will start on january 1 2021.
Depending on your special enrollment period type. Before you apply you can preview 2020 plans and prices based on your income. Voluntarily dropping coverage doesn t qualify you for a special enrollment period unless you also had a decrease in household income or a change.
Life changes that may qualify you for a special enrollment period. If you miss your special enrollment period window you may have to wait until the next open enrollment period to apply. You may qualify for the special enrollment period for 2021 coverage.