If you missed the January insurance start deadline, you can still start in February....
Officials stressed that the extra time is only for people who had started enrollment before the Dec. 24 deadline and ran into obstacles. Anyone who applies after the Dec. 24 deadline would be eligible for coverage starting in February, not January. Open enrollment runs through March.
Federal health officials have informed insurers that exceptions and assistance will be given to people who “legitimately tried to apply” on the website and couldn’t finish by the Dec. 24 deadline, an insurance source said. Tuesday’s announcement isn’t meant to be a blanket extension of a deadline that’s already been pushed back twice, the source said.