Covered California

California re-opened enrollment for Covered California, its health insurance exchange.

Covered California says it will give people more time to purchase health insurance this year.

Covered California’s enrollment declined three years in a row until 2020, when a new state law took effect that imposed a tax on people who don’t have health insurance. That same year, California spent millions of dollars on subsidies to help middle-income earners pay their monthly health insurance premiums — the first and only state to do that.

If you don’t have health insurance, you still have some time to sign up.

Covered California enrollment doubled up in the first six months of the pandemic. Peter Lee, Executive Director of Covered California, talks about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on California’s Healthcare Insurance marketplace, and he explains why the deadline to apply for the program has been extended to Dec. 30. Conan Nolan and Yvonne Guevara report for the NBC4 News...

Americans faced a historic level of unemployment and a financial crisis brought upon by the coronavirus pandemic this year. As a response, Covered California extended its deadline to give Golden State residents more time to sign up for their health insurance.

The open enrollment period for Covered California began Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, but people must be registered by Dec. 15 for their health insurance to take effect on Jan. 1.