Covered California’s Open Enrollment Is off to a Solid Start as the First Key Deadline Approaches
· More than 90,500 new consumers selected a plan through Nov. 30. · While plan selections are ahead of the pace set in 2016, when Covered California also delayed its marketing until after Election Day, they are slightly behind the pace set during 2017. · Roughly 1.2 million Covered California enrollees have been renewed for 2019, similar to last year’s totals. · An estimated 1.1 million uninsured Californians are eligible to enroll in Covered California or Medi-Cal. New research shows that 82 percent of uninsured consumers surveyed, who are eligible for financial assistance, do not know that they qualify. ·