{"id":1797,"date":"2017-01-26T18:48:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T18:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/marketplace_deadline\/"},"modified":"2020-07-15T10:31:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T10:31:37","slug":"marketplace_deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/marketplace_deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your health a priority: Enroll in Marketplace health insurance by the January 31 deadline   &#8211; National Consumers League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- content_before_flip_start --><\/p>\n<p>There is considerable anxiety over the future of healthcare in the face of our new Administration. However, the most important thing that consumers can do right now to protect their health is to enroll in or change their Marketplace health insurance plan by the January 31, 2017 deadline.<\/p>\n<p><!-- content_before_flip_end --><\/p>\n<p>Consumers can go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/\">HealthCare.gov<\/a> to find a plan that best fits their needs and budget.<\/p>\n<p>Why is having health insurance important?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It protects you and your family from unexpected medical costs. No one plans to get sick or hurt, but health insurance gives you important financial protection, just in case.<\/li>\n<li>Marketplace health insurance gives you access to essential health benefits (like emergency services, maternity and newborn care, and prescription drugs) and preventive health services (like vaccines and screening tests) at no cost to you.<\/li>\n<li>Marketplace plans may be more affordable than you think. About 85 percent of Marketplace consumers qualify for tax credits to assist with costs. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/\">HealthCare.gov<\/a>, you can find out if you qualify for financial help with your premium costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact HealthCare.gov\u2019s Marketplace Call Center toll-free at 1-800-318-2596 for assistance with enrolling. If you have more questions about health insurance, we encourage you to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/myhealthplan.guide\/\">MyHealthPlan.Guide<\/a>, a joint project of NCL and America\u2019s Health Insurance Plans, which provides helpful tips about choosing and using your health insurance plan.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss out on your chance to get covered\u2013enroll by the January 31 deadline. Make your health a priority\u2013you owe it to yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is considerable anxiety over the future of healthcare in the face of our new Administration. However, the most important thing that consumers can do right now to protect their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9941,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions\/9941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}