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If you missed the very brief enrollment period last year, or if you have lost your job recently, you can have a “do over” for signing up for federally-subsidized medical insurance. The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is extending the Affordable Care Act enrollment period to August 15.
“It’s the longest we’ve seen.”
That’s Lori Wing-Heir, Alaska’s Director of Insurance. She says normally the enrollment period is about two months long.
“And of course, ours closed December 15, and re-opened when the Biden administration got sworn in. And now they’ve extended it out till August 15.”
With the passage of the American Rescue Act, the parameters for buying insurance in the federal marketplace – on the website healthcare.gov -- are also more generous.