Special Enrollment Periods allow people like you to shop for health insurance on the marketplace outside of regularly scheduled enrollment periods.
When you move to or from the place you live and go to school, you may be eligible for
a Special Enrollment Period allowing you to enroll outside the yearly Open Enrollment Period.
If you already have insurance,
this special enrollment period allows you to make changes to your existing plan, such as adding your child.
Not exact matches
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new rules that will make it more difficult for consumers to purchase insurance on Obamacare's marketplaces outside of its set
enrollment period (Obamacare
allows «
special»
enrollment periods for people who have experienced a major life event).
One commenter opposed the effective dates for
special enrollment periods under § 155.725 (j) and recommended
allowing States flexibility to prescribe their own effective dates for initial, annual, and
special enrollment periods, because there may be other implications to the effectuation of coverage for employees and dependents with a
special enrollment period.
If you recently lost coverage, your plan was terminated, or you moved to a different service area, you are probably eligible for an SEP (
Special Enrollment Period) that
allows you to qualify for quality coverage and choose from all available plans.
Tip: If you miss the Open
Enrollment period, the birth of a child will create a «Qualifying Life Event,» which allows a Special Enrollment Period to be cr
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One commenter requested restricting the eligibility of the
special enrollment period for gaining access to new QHPs as a result of a permanent move to only consumers who were previously enrolled in other minimum essential coverage, and only
allowing the new dependent to enroll in or change his or her
enrollment into a new QHP under the
special enrollment period described in paragraph (d)(2).
The law would also
allow insurers to stop paying commissions for individual coverage sold during an ACA
special enrollment period.
A
special enrollment period is a time when you're
allowed to make changes to your health insurance plan even though it's not an open
enrollment period.
Other commenters requested the expansion of existing
special enrollment periods, including adding provider network and drug formulary errors to the
special enrollment period for plan or benefit display errors under paragraph (d)(4) of this section,
allowing dependents of Indians to enroll in or change
enrollments along with the Indian through the
special enrollment period in paragraph (d)(8) of this section, and
allowing for a retroactive coverage start date for consumers who qualify for the
special enrollment period due to a loss of minimum essential coverage in paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
For example, New York State
allows women to qualify for a
Special Enrollment Period when they get pregnant, while the federal government only counts the birth of a child as a qualifying event.
A change in your situation — like getting married, having a baby, or losing health coverage — that can make you eligible for a
Special Enrollment Period,
allowing you to enroll in health insurance outside the yearly Open
Enrollment Period.
Be aware that you may need to complete a paper application, as some carriers may not have the technological capabilities to
allow for an online
special enrollment to occur during the general open
enrollment period.
Known as a
special enrollment period, this exception
allows you to sign up for health insurance if you lost your other health insurance because you:
So the rules were changed to
allow people to still have their full 60 - day
special enrollment periods for the individual market, regardless of whether they accepted COBRA or not.
If all of these apply to you, you're eligible for a
Special Enrollment Period that
allows you to enroll in a 2015 plan.
A
special enrollment period is a brief time when you're
allowed to sign up for health insurance even if it's not open
enrollment.
You're eligible for a
special enrollment period because you just lost your job - based health insurance due to being laid off (note that you're eligible to get a plan in the individual market — on or off - exchange — even if you also have the option to continue your job - based insurance via COBRA.You have the full 60 - day election
period to pick COBRA or an individual market plan, and you're
allowed to change your mind within that 60 - day window too, which wasn't the case prior to 2017).
Since open
enrollment for 2015 had already ended before many Americans filed their tax returns for 2014, the government granted a one - time
special enrollment period in the spring of 2015,
allowing people another chance to enroll in 2015 coverage if they had just found out about the penalty when they filed their taxes.
You and your family may qualify for an exemption from the mandate if the employer coverage is considered «unaffordable», which
allows you access to more coverage options and
special enrollment periods.
New York passed a law this year that
allows the beginning of a pregnancy to act as a qualifying event for a
Special Enrollment Period.
There is also a late
enrollment period, similar to the
special enrollment period to
allow for employees who declined coverage to elect it.
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