Recognize Your Enrollment Period
The open-enrollment period is your chance each year to change your health care plan. If you miss the open-enrollment period, you usually can’t make changes unless if you have a “qualifying event” such as marriage, a new baby or losing your existing coverage.
Use these guidelines when reviewing your coverage during open enrollment:
My Open-Enrollment Period
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Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) accepts enrollments anytime during the year.
The open-enrollment period for an employer plan is ________.
- the first week of January each year
- the same time as those for government plans
- defined by the company
Medicare open enrollment (annual election period) occurs ________.
- the first week of June each year
- from October 15 to December 7 each year
- between December 1 and December 31 each year
The Health Exchange (Marketplace) open-enrollment period usually begins each year on November 1.
An employee who is eligible for COBRA coverage must be given at least ________ days from the date of the election notice to take COBRA coverage.