Open enrollment for major medical coverage runs in the fall each year. For 2019 health insurance, you’ll have from November 1 through December 15 to choose a health plan or change an existing policy. Outside of that open enrollment period, the only chance you have to...
If you’re new to health insurance or this is the first time you’ve had to buy coverage that isn’t from your job, then there are some important things to know about when to sign up. Contrary to what you might think, you can’t buy health insurance whenever you want – at...
As someone without job-based health insurance, you might feel a pang of jealousy when your corporately-employed friends talk about enrolling in group health insurance through their HR departments. Without having a specific set of employer-sponsored plans to choose...
In May, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) updated estimates for the number of non-institutionalized citizens under age 65 who will have health insurance between 2019 and 2028. The report indicated that, in several...
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ends Friday, December 15. This is the only time during the year that you can purchase or change your major medical insurance unless you experience a qualifying life event, like a significant death in the family or the...
