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Covered CA To Allow For Enrollment 'Grace Period'

  •  Pauline Bartolone 
Thursday, March 27, 2014 | Sacramento, CA
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Covered California says people who start a health insurance application through the exchange by March 31, will have until April 15 to finish the paperwork.

Executive Director Peter Lee says he wants to accommodate the overwhelming enrollment interest seen this week. 

“Tuesday, we saw more accounts opened than any day, including at the peak of December when we saw a lot of enrollment," says Lee. "We saw in the first two days of this week, on Monday and Tuesday, more than 39,000 people that went all the way through to plan selection. That’s more people than enrolled or selected a plan in the entire month of October.”

Lee says high traffic is slowing down the website. He recommends getting in-person help from an enrollment counselor or insurance agent.

Uninsured people who miss this week’s deadline will have to wait until next year to get insurance, and may face a tax penalty.

Covered California says it’s allowing people an extra couple of weeks to finish enrolling if they start their application by this March 31. 

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Pauline Bartolone

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Pauline Bartolone has been a journalist for more than 15 years, during which she was Capital Public Radio’s healthcare reporter from 2011-2015. Her work has aired frequently on National Public Radio.  Read Full Bio 

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