When does covered california enrollment end. What if i want to apply and its not open enrollment. While official open enrollment for health insurance on covered california ended january 31 the state opened a special enrollment period on march 20 for eligible uninsured californians in response. Covered california announced on tuesday that it would be giving consumers more time to sign up for health care coverage during the covid 19 pandemic by extending the current special enrollment deadline through the end of july.
General application deadline to enroll. Open enrollment for covered california begins on october 15 2019 and continues until january 31 2020. There are two distinct times of the year to enroll with the covered california application and make plan changes.
It will end june 30. 31 when covered california ended its open enrollment period and june 20 as part of special enrollment. The only other way to buy an insurance plan outside of open enrollment is to qualify for special enrollment.
Within these two periods different requirements and deadlines may apply. Anticipating that the need for insurance coverage would increase as the pandemic spread across the state covered california opened a special enrollment period mar. We know that when people lose their jobs they often lose the health care coverage that was protecting them and their families lee said.
The extension of the special enrollment. This time frame is called the special enrollment period sep. Open enrollment and special enrollment.