On Thursday night , federal regulatorsannouncedthat they were extending the midnight deadline to contract up for wellness insurance get January 1 , 2017 through the Affordable Care Act on Healthcare.gov .
The deadline has been extended four days to December 19 .
39 country utilize Healthcare.gov as their wellness insurance market . ( The states that do not habituate Healthcare.gov are California , Connecticut , Colorado , Idaho , Maryland , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New York , Rhode Island , Vermont , Washington state , and Washington D.C. ) Officialsattributedthe deadline extension to the “ over-the-top volume of consumer ” trying to sign up for wellness insurance policy .
Healthcare.gov chief executive officer Kevin Counihan said that many consumer were asked to wait before bless up for wellness insurance policy both online and over the phone . “ well-nigh a million consumers have left their physical contact entropy to take their property in line , ” hesaid in a statementlate Thursday Nox . “ Our goal is to provide affordable coverage to everyone seek it before the deadline , and these two additional stage business days will give consumers an chance to come back and complete their enrollment for January 1 reportage . ”
ConnecticutandNew Yorkalso stretch out their healthcare sign - up deadlines today , andCaliforniadid so yesterday .
The updated deadlines for health insurance sign-up, by state:
Colorado , District of Columbia , Idaho , Maryland , Minnesota , Vermont : Thursday December 15
Healthcare.gov states ( Alabama , Alaska , Arizona , Arkansas , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Hawaii , Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Maine , Michigan , Mississippi , Missouri , Montana , Nebraska , Nevada , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , North Carolina , North Dakota , Ohio , Oklahoma , Oregon , Pennsylvania , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , Virginia , West Virginia , Wisconsin , Wyoming ): Monday December 19
California , Connecticut , New York : Saturday December 17
Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Washington State : Friday December 23
If you omit the enrollment deadline in your state , do n’t dread . you could still sign on up for coverage take off February 1 , 2017 . More data on sign up up , clickhere .
[ Sources : USA Today , Washington Post , Healthcare.gov ]
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