{"id":4782,"date":"2014-10-08T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=4782"},"modified":"2014-09-17T15:21:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T19:21:27","slug":"aca-special-enrollment-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2014\/10\/aca-special-enrollment-period\/","title":{"rendered":"ACA Special Enrollment Period"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bigstock--Free-Quote-blue-button-32217869\"<\/a>The annual enrollment period is closed for 2014.\u00a0\u00a0 But, you can still get a quote and apply if you have a Qualifying Life Event so you can enroll during our Special Enrollment Period.\u00a0 Otherwise, you will not have the opportunity to apply until our Open Enrollment which starts 11\/15\/2014 for a 1\/1\/2015 effective date.\u00a0 When completing the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina application, you will have the option to select which Qualifying Life Event may be applicable to you.\u00a0 If you have extraordinary circumstances, you should talk with the Marketplace to determine if you can enroll without one of the Qualifying Life Events outlined below.\u00a0 Please call our office 888-765-5400 to talk with one of our qualified representatives who can help guide you through the process of applying and assist you in determining if you could be subsidy eligible.<\/p>\n

Special circumstances for enrolling outside of the open enrollment period include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Loss of minimum coverage (employer coverage, government plans, etc.)<\/p>\n

\u2022Adding a dependent through birth, adoption or marriage<\/p>\n

\u2022Gaining citizenship<\/p>\n

\u2022Enrollment\/non-enrollment errors by the federal Marketplace or the US Department of Health and Human Services<\/p>\n

\u2022Qualified health plan violates the material provision of its contract with the individual<\/p>\n

\u2022Newly eligible for a subsidy or a change in the amount of subsidy you are eligible for<\/p>\n

\u2022Moving to a new state<\/p>\n

\u2022American Indian\/Alaska Native status (may change once a month)<\/p>\n

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\u2022Other exceptional circumstances<\/p>\n

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For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our professional agents. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). It would be our pleasure to help you navigate through the Health Care Reform changes in accordance with the new regulations of Obamacare<\/a>. Call us for details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The annual enrollment period is closed for 2014.\u00a0\u00a0 But, you can still get a quote and apply if you have a Qualifying Life Event so you can enroll during our Special Enrollment Period.\u00a0 Otherwise, you will not have the opportunity to apply until our Open Enrollment which starts 11\/15\/2014 for a 1\/1\/2015 effective date.\u00a0 When […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[408,599,639,618],"class_list":["post-4782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","tag-bcbsnc-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-nc","tag-open-enrollment","tag-qualifying-life-event","tag-special-enrollment-period"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4782"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4834,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4782\/revisions\/4834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}