HealthSource RI: Coverage sign-up deadline extended to Dec. 29

HEALTHSOURCE RI is extending the enrollment deadline to Dec. 29 for individual and family health coverage.
HEALTHSOURCE RI is extending the enrollment deadline to Dec. 29 for individual and family health coverage.

PROVIDENCE – HealthSource RI said this week that it is extending the enrollment deadline to Dec. 29 for individual and family health coverage beginning on Jan. 1.
“Over the past several days, thousands of Rhode Islanders have called the contact center to get assistance choosing plans, completing their applications and making payments,” Acting Director Zachary Sherman said in a statement. “Call volume has exceeded our expectations and in light of this, we are extending the deadline to ensure that all customers who want health coverage starting in January have the opportunity to get it.”
Customers must make their first month’s premium payment by Dec. 31.

In addition, while customers who missed the original Dec. 23 deadline do have until Dec. 29 to sign up for health insurance through the exchange, they may experience delayed coverage activation due to processing times and delayed postal delivery of insurance cards.
Also, if customers seek health care services during this interim period until receiving insurance cards in the mail, they will likely have to pay for their care out-of-pocket, and will need to submit their receipts to their insurance company for reimbursement after their insurance cards are received, HealthSource RI said.

New and renewing customers who enroll and pay their first month’s premium by Jan. 23 will have coverage that begins on Feb. 1, the exchange said.

The annual open enrollment period ends on Jan. 31.
Information can be found at HealthSourceRI.com.
Small employers may enroll at their renewal date, regardless of where that date falls in the calendar year. Medicaid-eligible individuals may enroll throughout the year, the exchange said.

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