Find out how to know if your health insurance is active

Printed on August 24, 2017

When you enroll in a Market plan, you need to pay your first

to your medical insurance firm – not the Well being Insurance coverage Market® – so your medical protection can start. In case you’ve already paid your premium, you possibly can test in case your medical insurance is energetic on-line or in your plan supplies to ensure your medical insurance has began:

IMPORTANT Proceed to pay your month-to-month premiums

Be sure you proceed to pay your month-to-month premiums to your medical insurance firm on time. They might finish your protection for those who fall behind.

Confirm your enrollment on-line

1. Log in to your HealthCare.gov account.
2. Click on in your title within the high proper and choose “My purposes & protection” from the dropdown.
3. Choose your accomplished utility below “Your current purposes.”
4. Right here you’ll see a abstract of your protection. Your protection begin date is determined by whenever you enrolled or modified plans.
5. In case you don’t see your abstract or nonetheless aren’t positive you’ve completed enrollment, name your insurance coverage firm. They’ll affirm when you have enrolled and paid your first premium.

Test your medical insurance enrollment supplies

• Your plan will ship you a membership package deal with enrollment supplies and a medical insurance card as proof of your insurance coverage.
• Fastidiously evaluate these, and look by means of your plan’s supplier listing to see the place you may get care.
• You’ll use the cardboard whenever you get well being care companies, so maintain it in a secure place.
• In case you didn’t obtain a card, name your insurer to see for those who ought to have acquired one already and to ensure your protection is efficient. You will discover your insurer’s telephone quantity on their web site.

Wish to change your medical insurance plan? In case you’d like to vary your plan, you are able to do so now provided that you expertise a qualifying life occasion — like dropping different protection, having a child, or getting married — and apply with a Special Enrollment Period.