You can apply for health coverage, compare all your options, and enroll in a plan in one streamlined application through the Health Insurance Marketplace®.
When open enrollment begins October 1, 2013, you can fill out your application and see the health coverage options available to you.
Alejandra is an ambitious student with big dreams.
She is looking forward to college and has plans to become a health professional – just like her big sister Mayra. And like millions of young adults across the country, Alejandra does not have health insurance.
Making ends meet. Trying to make something of herself.
When you fill out your Health Insurance Marketplace application, you'll find out what plans and premiums are available to you and see how much you will save.
Most people who apply will qualify for lower costs of some kind.
What you can do before Open Enrollment
Open enrollment begins in less than two weeks. Specific prices for Marketplace plans will be available starting October 1.
In the meantime, here are some steps you can take that will help you estimate your costs and savings:
If you have questions about getting covered in the Health Insurance Marketplace, contact us at 1-800-318-2596, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. TTY users can call 1-855-889-4325.
There’s a new way to get help with your application for coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplace®.
Visit LocalHelp.HealthCare.gov to find help in your area. You can search by city and state or ZIP code to see a list of local organizations with contact information, office hours, and types of help offered, such as non-English language support, Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP).
Sooner or later, everyone needs health insurance. This is true even if you’re healthy and under 30 like Jaime and Malik.
The Health Insurance Marketplace® provides you with several options that put you in control of your coverage and care.
If you’re under 26, you may be able to get covered on a parent’s health insurance plan. This applies to you even if you are at school, not living at home, eligible for an employer’s plan, or not financially dependent on your parents. It even applies to you if you are married.
The amount you pay for covered health care services before your insurance plan starts to pay. With a $2,000 deductible, for example, you pay the first $2,000 of covered services yourself.
