Covered California Enrollment Deadline Extended Until Saturday
Officials are citing a "strong increase in demand" as the reason for the extra two days.
The Mercury News:
Midnight Saturday Is First Deadline For 2017 Covered California Plans
Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, has extended the 2017 enrollment deadline to midnight Saturday for those who want their coverage to start on Jan. 1. Anyone signing up after that — and through the Jan. 31 deadline — won’t see their plan kick in until either Feb. 1 or March 1. (Seipel, 12/14)
San Francisco Business Journal:
Covered California Extends Signups Deadline To Saturday
Those interested in purchasing health insurance coverage through Covered California that begins on Jan. 1 will have two more days to do so. The state's health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act is extending its deadline to purchase coverage to midnight Saturday — moving the deadline up from midnight Thursday, according to spokesman James Scullary. Officials said they extended the deadline due to the high volume of people signing up for insurance. (Patton, 12/14)
KPCC:
Covered California Extends Enrollment Deadline By 2 Days
Covered California is extending its deadline to enroll for health insurance coverage that begins January 1st. The new deadline is midnight on Saturday, December 17th. "Many of our insurance agents are saying their stores are full—they’re booked," said Peter Lee, Covered California’s executive director. (Browne, 12/14)
Ventura County Star:
Obamacare Numbers Rise Despite Trump's Plan
President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to pull the plug on the Affordable Care Act has not stopped people in Ventura County and elsewhere from enrolling in plans through the marketplace created by the controversial law, said local and statewide officials. Leaders of Covered California, the state exchange created through the reform dubbed "Obamacare," said more than 25,000 Californians enrolled in plans for 2017 on Monday and Tuesday alone. The 153,000 total new enrollees compares to 144,000 people at the same time last year. (Kisken, 12/14)
Orange County Register:
Number Of Uninsured In State Hits New Low As Covered California Deadline Is Extended
California’s uninsured population has plunged to a historic low of 9.5 percent, according to data released Wednesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. In Orange County, the uninsured rate was 9.6 percent, the lowest rate since county data was first collected in 2001. The information comes from the 2015 California Health Interview Survey, which queried 21,444 households. (Perkes, 12/14)
The Washington Post:
Sign-Ups For 2017 Affordable Care Act Health Plans Run Slightly Ahead Of Last Year
The number of Americans signing up for 2017 health plans through HealthCare.gov is running slightly ahead of a year ago, even as President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican Congress prepare to dismantle the law that provides the coverage. Customers new to the Affordable Care Act marketplaces account for just 25 percent of the enrollment so far, however, compared with almost 40 percent at about the same time last year, according to figures released Wednesday by federal health officials. (Goldstein, 12/14)