The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange said Friday that it is using emergency powers granted under an order from Gov. Larry Hogan to allow the enrollment from March 16 to April 15. Coverage would start April 1 regardless of when a consumer enrolls..
From The Baltimore Sun
By: Meredith Cohn
EXCERPT:
The online marketplace was created under the federal Affordable Care Act for people who do not have workplace or government insurance. Maryland residents can enroll through marylandhealthconnection.gov or get assistance by calling 1-855-642-8572.
Low-income Marylanders who qualify for Medicaid insurance can enroll through the exchange at any time during the year.
All five pieces of this year’s legislative agenda from the Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition have passed at least one chamber, making lawmakers and advocates hopeful that the measures will become law.
“Many of those uninsured people are eligible and unenrolled. That’s why the Easy Enrollment Program is one of the most important in the country for getting people enrolled.”
Last modified: March 18, 2020
