{"id":5552,"date":"2015-02-18T16:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T21:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=5552"},"modified":"2015-02-17T16:21:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T21:21:06","slug":"you-may-still-be-able-to-enroll-marketplace-grants-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2015\/02\/you-may-still-be-able-to-enroll-marketplace-grants-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"You May Still Be Able to Enroll – Marketplace Grants Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"last<\/a>The Health Insurance Marketplace has announced that despite the fact Open Enrollment ended at midnight, February 15th, you may still be able to obtain health insurance for 2015<\/a>.\u00a0 The Insurance Marketplace is granting this extension for anyone who missed the deadline due to either technical issues or unusual call volume that made it impossible for you to complete your application by the deadline.\u00a0 A Special Enrollment Period has been set for February 16-February 22 by the federal government for all those who may have had trouble on the government website or experienced an extensive Call Center wait on February 13, 14 or 15.<\/p>\n

This Special Enrollment Period may apply to you:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 if you tried to enroll in health coverage by the deadline, but did not complete the enrollment process because of unusual wait times at the Call Center or…<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 if you tried to enroll, but were unable to complete enrollment due to a technical issue, such as being unable to submit your application because verification sources were down.<\/p>\n

If either of these apply to you, you may still be able to get coverage.\u00a0 To finish your enrollment, you must attest to the truth of one of the above statements with the federal Marketplace and this opportunity will only be available until February 22. 2015.<\/strong>\u00a0 In order to determine if you eligible for this Special Enrollment Period, you should contact the Marketplace directly.\u00a0 If you do determine you are still eligible to enroll, we would be happy to help you pick your Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC health plan <\/a>and guide you through the steps to complete the enrollment process.<\/p>\n

Please note that this Special Enrollment Period is intended to help consumers enroll for 2015 health insurance<\/a> for the first time.\u00a0 It is not applicable for customers who are already enrolled in a plan through the Marketplace and simply want to switch to a different plan now.\u00a0 Changes to your health insurance policy are now subject to the rules of Special Enrollment including Qualifying Life Events.<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information on Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina health insurance coverage, the Marketplace and healthcare gov<\/a>\u00a0 to apply for your subsidy, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our experienced and professional agents.\u00a0 Let us help you navigate through the Health Care Reform changes in accordance with the new regulations of The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obama care<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Health Insurance Marketplace has announced that despite the fact Open Enrollment ended at midnight, February 15th, you may still be able to obtain health insurance for 2015.\u00a0 The Insurance Marketplace is granting this extension for anyone who missed the deadline due to either technical issues or unusual call volume that made it impossible for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560,14,659],"tags":[23,688,599,605],"class_list":["post-5552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-bcbsnc-insurance","category-open-enrollment-2","tag-bcbsnc","tag-federal-subsidy","tag-open-enrollment","tag-special-enrollment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5552","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5552"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5563,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5552\/revisions\/5563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}