The 2020 Open Enrollment Period runs from Friday, November 1, 2019, to Sunday, December 15, 2019. If you don’t act by December 15, you can’t get 2020 coverage unless you qualify for a special enrollment period. Plans sold during Open Enrollment start January 1, 2020.
A quick reminder for folks in the US: if you haven’t seen anything about ACA open enrollment this year, that is by design. Secretary Azar wants to lower enrollment numbers to justify pulling funds from medicare/medicaid. Here are your dates:
In light of what happened last night, I wanted to make sure everyone knows:
If you get your health coverage via the Affordable Care Act, and you enroll in a Qualifying Health Plan for 2017 by the end of the current Open Enrollment period (January 31, 2017), you will have coverage through the end of calendar year 2017. The GOP will probably prioritize repealing the Act, so who knows what happens for 2018, but there are laws in place which ensure that you’ll keep your 2017 coverage.
If your situation dictates, PLEASE make sure you’re enrolled in a QHP before the end of Open Enrollment.
Update: In order to ensure you’e covered throughout 2017, make sure you’re enrolled by DECEMBER 15, 2016
In light of what happened last night, I wanted to make sure everyone knows:
If you get your health coverage via the Affordable Care Act, and you enroll in a Qualifying Health Plan for 2017 by the end of the current Open Enrollment period (January 31, 2017), you will have coverage through the end of calendar year 2017. The GOP will probably prioritize repealing the Act, so who knows what happens for 2018, but there are laws in place which ensure that you’ll keep your 2017 coverage.
If your situation dictates, PLEASE make sure you’re enrolled in a QHP before the end of Open Enrollment.
Update: In order to ensure you’e covered throughout 2017, make sure you’re enrolled by DECEMBER 15, 2016
i am already mourning for those in the disability community who will die. people i know personally will likely die. people in my little cripple punk circles are already fearing for their lives
the heartbreak that i’m feeling is overwhelming
That’s fucking ridiculous! Trump isn’t doing a damned thing to prevent their getting treatment. In fact, he’s rescuing heath care access for all. Hillary Clinton wanted you dependent on government handouts that she could cut at any time. She wanted to further the failed Obamacare. Most disabled people couldn’t afford either those premiums or deductibles. She and Obama were the ones endangering their lives.
people are going to lose the only coverage they could afford. people are going to die. go fuck yourself.
When they cut the ACA, I expect to end up going to 2-4 funerals in the next few years for preventable, senseless deaths. That’s counting only the folks I know who need constant, immediate medication and treatment to stay alive. I can’t say how bad it will get for folks who fight depression or other conditions that lead to suicide when left untreated, or how many friends have serious conditions you might be “ok-ish” without medication for a few months or a year or two before things like organ failure or heart attack kick in.
Aside from the blatantly wrong and lying “ACA is bad” crowd, I’m also feeling extra “Fuck you” to the “It’ll be ok” side on the left. A lot of people are going to die, and it’s not going to be ok for them. “We survived Bush, we’ll survive this” doesn’t apply here. They’re going to be dead.
i am already mourning for those in the disability community who will die. people i know personally will likely die. people in my little cripple punk circles are already fearing for their lives
the heartbreak that i’m feeling is overwhelming
That’s fucking ridiculous! Trump isn’t doing a damned thing to prevent their getting treatment. In fact, he’s rescuing heath care access for all. Hillary Clinton wanted you dependent on government handouts that she could cut at any time. She wanted to further the failed Obamacare. Most disabled people couldn’t afford either those premiums or deductibles. She and Obama were the ones endangering their lives.
people are going to lose the only coverage they could afford. people are going to die. go fuck yourself.
When they cut the ACA, I expect to end up going to 2-4 funerals in the next few years for preventable, senseless deaths. That’s counting only the folks I know who need constant, immediate medication and treatment to stay alive. I can’t say how bad it will get for folks who fight depression or other conditions that lead to suicide when left untreated, or how many friends have serious conditions you might be “ok-ish” without medication for a few months or a year or two before things like organ failure or heart attack kick in.
Aside from the blatantly wrong and lying “ACA is bad” crowd, I’m also feeling extra “Fuck you” to the “It’ll be ok” side on the left. A lot of people are going to die, and it’s not going to be ok for them. “We survived Bush, we’ll survive this” doesn’t apply here. They’re going to be dead.
