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The deadline to obtain health coverage by January 1 has been extended through December 19. Open Enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace is currently underway. On Friday, Dec. 16, President Barack Obama announced that more than 670,000 people signed up before the Dec. 15 deadline; due to this overwhelming response, the deadline has been extended.
“Millions of Americans have already signed up for coverage and tens of thousands more are in the process of getting coverage today,” said Health Insurance Marketplace CEO Kevin Counihan. “As we did last year, because of extraordinary volume of consumers contacting our call center or visiting HealthCare.gov, we are extending the deadline to sign-up for January 1 coverage until 11:59pm PST December 19.”
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As of December 10, over 4 million people had selected plans using HealthCare.gov since Open Enrollment began November 1, including over 1.1 million new consumers and 2.9 million renewing their coverage. Before last year’s deadline, 600,000 people signed up for coverage. Latinos have been one of the groups who have benefited the most from the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Health Insurance Marketplace. Over 4 million have obtained health care coverage and have reduced their rate of uninsured individuals to historic lows.
“Nearly a million consumers have left their contact information to hold their place in line,” said Counihan. “Our goal is to provide affordable coverage to everyone seeking it before the deadline, and these two additional business days will give consumers an opportunity to come back and complete their enrollment for January 1 coverage.
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By The Numbers
25.1
percent
of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage
