Californians can start shopping for health insurance coverage for 2021 starting Sunday
"Open enrollment is the one and only time of the year where all eligible Californians can sign up for quality health care coverage without needing to meet any special circumstances," said
Earlier this year, Lee announced that premiums statewide would remain relatively unchanged with an average increase of 0.5%, for health care policies. In the
In a news release issued by the exchange on Friday, Lee stressed that many Californians will be eligible for financial assistance to help bring the cost of coverage within reach.
This year, the state of
Almost 600,000
"Affordability is the number one issue for consumers, and the financial help available through Covered California helps bring the cost of coverage within reach," Lee said.
The state health insurance exchange has had a particularly busy year in 2020 as it has offered special enrollment periods for wildfire victims as well as for those who lost work as a result of business closures during
Even now, consumers who lose their jobs or other sources of income may qualify this year to sign up for a policy, regardless of whether they had insurance coverage.
State law required that, starting in 2020, all Californians must be insured, and those who are not face a penalty on their state taxes. Known as an individual mandate, that penalty could come to as much as
Help is available at www.coveredca.com or at (800) 300-1506. To be eligible for coverage starting
Consumers will begin seeing online and television advertising from Covered California promoting health insurance coverage starting
The sickest people will sign up right away, Lee has said, but healthy people need to understand that they are one mishap away from incurring an expense that could wreck them financially for years to come.
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