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Oba­macare Signups Begin Under New COVID Spe­cial Enroll­ment Period

February 15, 2021 by Albin Renauer

Image of a woman searching for health insurance online during COVID special enrollment period

Start­ing today, Amer­i­cans in every state can use a new COVID-​related spe­cial enroll­ment period to get cov­ered under the Afford­able Care Act (Oba­macare).

COVID Spe­cial Enroll­ment Period for Health​Care​.gov

At the end of Jan­u­ary, the Biden admin­is­tra­tion announced a spe­cial enroll­ment period for the 36 states that use Health​Care​.gov, the fed­eral ACA mar­ket­place. This win­dow will be open from Feb­ru­ary 15 until May 15, and it will allow any­one who is eli­gi­ble to enroll in a new plan or change plans if they wish.

COVID Spe­cial Enroll­ment Period for State-​Run Afford­able Care Act (ACA) Exchanges

In addi­tion, all of the states that run their own exchanges have announced their own enroll­ment windows.

  • Cal­i­for­nia: Feb­ru­ary 1 to May 15
  • Col­orado: Feb­ru­ary 8 to May 15
  • Con­necti­cut: Feb­ru­ary 15 to May 15
  • Dis­trict of Colum­bia: Ongo­ing until the pan­demic emer­gency ends
  • Idaho: March 1 to March 31
  • Mary­land: Until March 15
  • Mass­a­chu­setts: Until May 23
  • Min­nesota: Feb­ru­ary 16 to May 17
  • Nevada: Feb­ru­ary 15 to May 15
  • New Jer­sey: Until May 15
  • New York: Until March 31
  • Penn­syl­va­nia: Feb­ru­ary 15 to May 15
  • Rhode Island: Feb­ru­ary 15 to May 15
  • Ver­mont: Feb­ru­ary 16 to May 14
  • Wash­ing­ton: Feb­ru­ary 15 to May 15

A cou­ple of the state-​run enroll­ment win­dows exactly mir­ror the fed­eral plan, but most are lim­it­ing enroll­ment to those who are cur­rently with­out health insurance.

More Infor­ma­tion

If you still need health insur­ance for 2021, now’s a great time to get cov­ered. To learn more about how to sign up in your state and whether you qual­ify for cost-​saving sub­si­dies, visit our Oba­macare Learn­ing Cen­ter.

Filed Under: Obamacare (Health Insurance) Tagged With: aca, affordable care act, coronavirus, COVID-19, health insurance, special enrollment period

About Albin Renauer

Albin Renauer is the founder of Legal Consumer, which he began in 2006 as an online companion to his book, How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Albin received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1985. He worked for various public-interest law firms in the Bay Area and also as a staff attorney for Chief Justice Rose Bird of the California Supreme Court. He also spent 17 years as an editor at Nolo, where he helped create numerous books and software programs, including the bestselling WillMaker. He edited Law on the Net, the first online directory of legal resources and was the architect of Nolo's Webby Award winning website during the dot-com boom.

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