Not exact matches
All employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act will have to provide employees with notice of state - based
health insurance exchanges, or
marketplaces, by Oct. 1, when
open enrollment is set to start, Marathas notes.
«However, technical problems plagued the electronic websites for the
Health Insurance Marketplaces in each state when they
opened in October 2013, and some of these problems still exist today.»
The conversion privilege protects your insurability and is a valuable feature in circumstances where
health changes affect your ability to qualify for competitive life
insurance in the
open marketplace.
The
health reform
open enrollment period runs from Oct. 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 and allows individuals to purchase
health insurance plans through online
marketplaces.
The Affordable Care Act put in place several reforms and consumer protections around
health insurance, including the creation of
health insurance marketplaces, the
Open Enrollment Period, and premium tax credits.
A
health insurance exchange or
marketplace is where you can buy
health insurance during the
open enrollment period or a special enrollment period.
If you're not eligible and you need
health insurance, you have to wait for
open enrollment 2018 or qualify for a special enrollment period to get a plan through the federal
marketplace.
If you miss
open enrollment, you can not buy
health insurance from the
marketplace unless there are specific «qualifying events» that trigger a Special Enrollment Period.
Open enrollment for 2018 individual
health care plans closed little more than a month ago in some states, but there's already signs the
health insurance marketplaces will face headwinds this fall.
Whether your state is listed below or not, if you're headed back to the
marketplace, be sure to read our two expert guides on how to make it through the 2016 healthcare
open enrollment period: • Your checklist for the 2016 healthcare
open enrollment period • How to choose the perfect
health insurance plan
Health insurance plans on the federal
marketplace seemed too expensive, so the Eugene, Oregon, resident skipped coverage when
open enrollment came around last year.
You can look for
health insurance plans on your state or federal
marketplace during
Open Enrollment or, if you just recently changed your job, during a Special Enrollment Period.
If you qualify for employer - sponsored
health insurance, you will likely want to buy
health insurance through your employer and will not be affected by the fall
open enrollment period for the government - run
marketplaces.
HealthSource RI, the
insurance marketplace is required to offer subsidized individual
health insurance to any resident on a guaranteed issue basis during an annual
open enrollment period.
For people who do not have employer - provided
health insurance,
Open Enrollment is the period every year where you can shop for and purchase
health insurance on the state, federal, or private
marketplaces.