{"id":7271,"date":"2016-01-25T13:53:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T18:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=7271"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:37:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T18:37:27","slug":"last-week-of-open-enrollment-2016-enroll-in-bcbsnc-insurance-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2016\/01\/last-week-of-open-enrollment-2016-enroll-in-bcbsnc-insurance-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"LAST WEEK OF OPEN ENROLLMENT 2016 – Enroll in BCBSNC Insurance Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final week of Open Enrollment has begun and with it, your final chance to enroll in Blue Cross Blue <\/a>\"Last<\/a>Shield of North Carolina health insurance<\/a> without experiencing a Qualifying Life Event<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are still uninsured, here are some very important things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n

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  1. Under the Affordable Care Act, you are required by law to have health insurance.\u00a0 If you do not have obtain health insurance for 2016, you will receive a tax penalty <\/a>when you file your 2016 taxes, unless you\u00a0have an exemption.\u00a0 Tax penalties for 2016 have increased substantially.<\/li>\n
  2. In addition to receiving a tax penalty, if you are uninsured in 2016, you will be responsible for all of your routine and unexpected health care needs, which can quickly\u00a0amount to thousands upon thousands of out-of-pocket expenses.<\/li>\n
  3. Applying for health insurance doesn’t have to be difficult<\/a>.\u00a0 We can help you choose a plan, discuss benefits and walk you through the enrollment process.\u00a0 You can apply easily and quickly online or over the phone with one of our experienced agents.\u00a0 Visit our website<\/a> or call 888-765-5400.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Any coverage is better than zero coverage.\u00a0 Even the least expensive plan available to you will provide you with coverage,\u00a0including preventive care covered at 100%<\/a>,\u00a0and set a limit on your out-of-pocket expenses should you experience and illness or accident.\u00a0 The least expensive Qualified Health Plan will also keep you from being penalized come tax time.<\/li>\n
  5. Don’t wait until the last minute!<\/strong>\u00a0 The closer we get to the application deadline of January 31st, the more time-consuming and\u00a0frustrating this process will become.\u00a0 Deadlines often create technical issues and long wait times and can\u00a0even keep you from submitting your application on time.<\/li>\n
  6. If you miss the January 31st deadline, you may not be able to enroll in health insurance until the next Open Enrollment, which will likely begin in November 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more information on Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina insurance coverage, 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The final week of Open Enrollment has begun and with it, your final chance to enroll in Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina health insurance without experiencing a Qualifying Life Event.\u00a0 If you are still uninsured, here are some very important things to keep in mind: Under the Affordable Care Act, you are required […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,659],"tags":[415,850,596,599],"class_list":["post-7271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","category-open-enrollment-2","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-nc","tag-insurance-plans","tag-obamacare","tag-open-enrollment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7271","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=7271"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7491,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7271\/revisions\/7491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}