What’s the Deadline for Open Enrollment? Can I Enroll Outside the Enrollment Period?

The Open Enrollment period for Obamacare health insurance in 2020 is November 1, 2019 to December 15, 2019. If you miss the annual deadline for Obamacare Open Enrollment, you still have options for obtaining health insurance.

Other Deadlines:

• November 1, 2019: Open Enrollment begins. Apply for or change your coverage.
  
  
• December 15, 2019: Deadline in order to have coverage that begins on January 1, 2020.
  
  

If You Miss the Deadline

Options for getting covered outside of open enrollment include qualifying for a special enrollment period (which can extend the time you can use the marketplace), Medicaid, CHIP, short term health insurance, and other insurance types. Please contact us if you have any questions or need to enroll outside of open enrollment.