Revealed on September 24, 2014

The Well being Insurance coverage Market^® makes it simpler to seek out high quality, reasonably priced protection. Hundreds of thousands of Individuals have already gotten protection, many for the primary time.

Listed here are 14 issues you must know in regards to the Market:

1. It doesn’t matter what state you reside in, you need to use the Market. Some states function their very own Market, and in different states the Market is run by the federal authorities. You may join 2015 Market protection as quickly as November 15, 2014.
2. Medical insurance plans provided via the Market are run by non-public firms.
3. Each well being plan within the Market provides the identical set of important well being advantages, together with physician visits, preventive care, hospitalization, prescriptions, and extra.
4. You may evaluate your choices within the Market and see what your premium, deductibles, and out-of-pocket prices might be earlier than you decide to enroll.
5. After you fill out a Market utility you’ll be taught if you happen to’re eligible for decrease prices in your month-to-month premiums. Most individuals who apply for well being protection via the Market will qualify for some form of financial savings.
6. You may apply for Medicaid or the Youngsters’s Well being Insurance coverage Program (CHIP) via the Market any time of yr. These applications present free or low-cost protection to hundreds of thousands of Individuals with restricted incomes, disabilities, and sure household conditions.
7. In the event you qualify for a Particular Enrollment Interval, it’s possible you’ll apply for well being protection via the Market outdoors the Open Enrollment Interval.
8. Insurance coverage provided via the Market can’t deny you protection due to pre-existing situations like most cancers or diabetes, and so they can’t cost ladies and men totally different premiums.
9. Within the Market, you typically can get dental protection as a part of a well being plan or by itself via a separate, stand-alone dental plan.
10. It’s essential to report sure qualifying life adjustments to the Market, reminiscent of if you happen to get married or divorced, have a baby or undertake a baby, or have a change in your revenue. After you report life adjustments to the Market, you’ll get a brand new eligibility discover that may clarify if you happen to qualify for a Particular Enrollment Interval and decrease prices.
11. Members of federally acknowledged tribes and Alaska Natives can enroll in Market protection any time of yr, and so they can change plans as typically as as soon as a month.
12. You probably have an income-generating enterprise with no workers, you’re thought of self-employed and may get protection via the Market.
13. Even if in case you have entry to a scholar well being plan, you’ll be able to select to purchase a well being plan via the Market as a substitute. It’s possible you’ll qualify for decrease prices primarily based in your revenue.
14. In the event you don’t agree with a choice the Well being Insurance coverage Market^® makes, like whether or not you’re eligible to purchase a plan or whether or not you’re eligible for decrease prices primarily based in your revenue, you could possibly enchantment the choice.