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News and Information

News & Information

When is open enrollment for 2021?

Open enrollment for 2020 health insurance plans has ended. Open enrollment for 2021 plans happens during these dates.

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Medicare plans:

  • Information about the next year’s plans is released Oct. 1 each year.

  • The annual election period, or Medicare open enrollment, is Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 each year.

  • Most people become eligible for Original Medicare (Parts A and B) when they request Social Security benefits — typically at age 65. The initial enrollment period is the three months before, the month of, and the three months after your 65th birthday.

 

Individual and family plans:

  • Open enrollment through Blue Plus for plans that start in 2020 has ended.

  • Information about 2021 plans will be available in the fall.

  • Open enrollment for individual and family plans that start in 2021 will start in the fall. 

 

Employer plans:

If you get insurance through your employer, check with your company's human resources department to find out when the open enrollment period is for your employer's plans.

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What if I miss open enrollment and need coverage?

For individual and family plans, you can only enroll outside of the open enrollment period if you have a qualifying life event. These life events allow you to get a health plan outside of open enrollment, as long as you apply within the required time frame — usually within 60 days of the life event — as a special enrollment.

Common life events that qualify for special enrollment include job loss, early retirement, loss of dependent status, a move, marriage, divorce, birth or adoption of a child.

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Medicaid, CHIP – Apply Any Time

  • There’s no limited enrollment period for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). You can apply any time.
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Special Encrollment

Special Enrollment Periods for complex issues

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Life changes that can qualify you for a Special Enrollment Period

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Changes in household

You may qualify for a Special Enrollment Period if you or anyone in your household in the past 60 days:

  • Got married. Pick a plan by the last day of the month and your coverage can start the first day of the next month.

  • Had a baby, adopted a child, or placed a child for foster care. Your coverage can start the day of the event — even if you enroll in the plan up to 60 days afterward.

  • Got divorced or legally separated and lost health insurance. Note: Divorce or legal separation without losing coverage doesn’t qualify you for a Special Enrollment Period.

  • Died. You’ll be eligible for a Special Enrollment Period if someone on your Marketplace plan dies and as a result you’re no longer eligible for your current health plan.

 

Changes in residence

Household moves that qualify you for a Special Enrollment Period:

  • Moving to a new home in a new ZIP code or county

  • Moving to the U.S. from a foreign country or United States territory

  • If you're a student, moving to or from the place you attend school

  • If you're a seasonal worker, moving to or from the place you both live and work

  • Moving to or from a shelter or other transitional housing

Note: Moving only for medical treatment or staying somewhere for vacation doesn’t qualify you for a Special Enrollment Period.

 

Important: You must confirm you had qualifying health coverage for one or more days during the 60 days before your move. You don't need to provide confirmation if you’re moving from a foreign country or U.S. territory.

 

Loss of health insurance

You may qualify for a Special Enrollment Period if you or anyone in your household lost qualifying health coverage in the past 60 days OR expects to lose coverage in the next 60 days.

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Presentations and Seminars

Presentations & Seminars

Greenhaven Marketing Spring Seminar

Wednesday May 17th, 2017

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Up to date information on Health Insurance Legislation, how the Health Carriers will adjust to the changing needs in the marketplace today, and Long Term Care!

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wildcard@greenhavenmarketing.com

1-800-227-4936    |   763-421-6426 fax

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Greenhaven Marketing Seminar:   LTC Recertification

​Our Long Term Care Recertification Seminar in April

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