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10 things you need to know about Monday’s federal health insurance sign-up deadline
Here are 10 things you need to know about Monday’s Health Insurance Marketplace deadline:
1. It’s only sort of a deadline. Anyone who has started the registration process online or by phone, but isn’t able to finish by March 31, will be given time to complete the process after March 31. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services compare it to voting. If you’re in line at 7 p.m. on Election Day, you get to vote. The time limit for complete registration is squishy, though CMS says it must be done “quickly.”
2. If you’re 65 or older, you qualify for Medicare and don’t need to worry about the Health Insurance Marketplace. If you have health insurance through your job, you don’t need to worry about it. If you have private health insurance that you’re happy with, you don’t need to worry about it. Read more…