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Nearly 1.6 million people have bought health insurance for 2021 through Covered California, state officials said Tuesday, a number that reflects the state’s high unemployment rate as millions of people have lost their jobs and their employer-sponsored health coverage during the pandemic.
Altogether, nearly 200,000 more people have bought health insurance for this year, up 14% from the year-earlier period. The deadline to purchase coverage for 2021 during open enrollment is Jan. 31.
“I anticipate we will end this year with more people than ever insured through Covered California, which is not great news for people who have lost their jobs,” Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee said. “They may have lost their jobs, but they don’t need to lose coverage.”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Nearly 1.6 million people have purchased health insurance through Covered California, state officials said Tuesday, a number that reflects the state's high unemployment.
By Sasha Margulies, iHeart Media
Dec 17, 2020
While the nation continues to handle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, officials with Covered California are hoping to take politics out of healthcare.
Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee says normally, today is the deadline sign up for coverage starting January 1st, but that is not the case this year. Lee says it s easy to get started at coveredca.com.