California is different than other states!
We have a longer period to sign up for insurance than many others. Although everybody starts on Nov. 1st, our deadline is Jan. 31st, NOT the Dec. 15th deadline that many others are facing.
Here’s the link to our healthcare marketplace – Covered California.
Help yourself and others sign up for California health care insurance!
More people are eligible for financial help and don’t realize it.
Here are some quick links for getting help near you…
Click here for Enrollment instruction page
Click here to find your local enrollment centers.
Click here to find enrollment events near you.
Click here to find Certified Enrollment Agents
Click here for videos to help you enroll.
Click here for information and application to Medi-Cal.
Phone for help: 1-800-300-1506.
There are live-chat and “Help on Demand” options.
Get the word out to others with this great toolkit from OFA!
Get America Covered – Open Enrollment Toolkit. They have downloadable graphics for flyers, posters, fact sheets, andbrochures in English and Spanish, suggested wording for messaging, links for contacts and great suggestions on how to broadcast information to the community. Many people are eligible for help and don’t know it.
Here are additional great sites for signing up and organizing.
HealthCare.gov
https://navigatorguide.georgetown.edu
http://www.healthreformbeyondthebasics.org
https://tinyurl.com/help-get-people-insured
https://www.acasignupproject.com/
Contact information may be different for states that have their own marketplace links, including ours (included in the toolkit) – CA, CO, CT, DC, ID, MD, MA, MN, NY, RI, VM, WA.
If you’re on Twitter, make sure you’re signed up for this.
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/
If you haven’t watched this movie yet on why our health care system needs fixing, pour yourself another cup of coffee… Send the link to your resistant family members.
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