Some state exchanges have begun allowing new enrollment to help ease consumers' worry about health care costs. It's also so the uninsured won't inadvertently spread the coronavirus by avoiding care.
In most of the nine states updating their policies, people enrolling now will get health insurance coverage that starts April 1.on healthcare.gov, has not made a similar offer.
All consumers are allowed to sign up for insurance anytime if they meet certain qualifying conditions, such as losing health coverage, getting married or having a baby.after losing his job as a bartender when the brewpub closed because of concerns about the spread of the virus. "I assumed it would be hard. I assumed it wouldn't make sense," he says, but he was pleased it didn't take long.
"There are things beyond our control that may happen, such as the coronavirus," says Eberle,"and it's really helpful to have that peace of mind — such as health insurance." "We see them moving in and out of many different types of insurance — public and private," says Marinaro. She says she fears more upheaval ahead.
State officials say insurers have been supportive of the move to create a special enrollment period to respond to COVID-19. Nevada has taken steps to mitigate the risk to insurers by barring new sign-ups by people who lost insurance because they did not pay for their plan on time, says Heather Korbulic, executive director of the state's exchange. But those people can try to work with directly with their insurer to resume coverage.
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