Silver State Exchange Announces Special Enrollment Period For Health Insurance
BERLIN - OCTOBER 13: A family doctor measures an elderly patient's blood pressure at her office on October 13, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. German political parties currently involved in federal government coalition negotiations, including the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the business-oriented German Free Democrats (FDP), are currently haggling over a restructuring of Germanys' Health Fund, or Gesundheitsfonds, the fund that provides the basis for Germany's state health care system. The CSU is pushing for more flexibilty in how the system is funded in order to allow for freer competition between the 180 different health insurance companies within the state health care system. The health care negotiations are part of broader negotiations between the CDU/CSU and the FDP in the creation of a new coalition government following nationwide elections in Germany last September. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
On March 12th, Governor Sisolak made an emergency declaration on behalf of Nevada. In response, Silver State Health Insurance Exchange announced a limited-time Exceptional Circumstance Special Enrollment Period for qualified Nevadans who missed the 2020 Open Enrollment Period. Silver State Health Insurance Exchange is the state agency that connects Nevadans to qualified health plans through Nevada Health Link. The SEP runs from today through April 15, 2020, and will allow eligible individuals to enroll in a qualified health plan.
To get information and see if you qualify for the SEP, contact the Customer Assistance Call Center between 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1-800-547-2927; TTY: 711. The Call Center will extend its hours on Saturdays and Sundays (except for Easter Sunday) from March 21 through April 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. PST. The Exchange does recommend working with a certified broker or navigator to enroll.
More information about the special enrollment period can be found at nevadahealthlink.com/sep.
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