Federally-Facilitated Individual Marketplace Enrollment Period Extended One Week

Nov. 26, 2013 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on November 22, 2013 that individuals will have an extra week to enroll in coverage effective January 1, 2014.

The delay is to account for technical issues experienced with the website healthcare.gov. The original December 15th deadline for individuals applying for coverage effective January 1st has been extended to December 23rd.

The delay does not change the 2014 open enrollment period which began October 1, 2013 and runs through March 31, 2014.

The extension will allow the federally run Marketplace more time to prepare for the next open enrollment period and allow insurers to make appropriate rate decisions.