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How health insurance enrollment
works in California?

How health insurance enrollment works in California?

Enrolling can be simple — the key is knowing when you can apply and what you qualify for.

1

Covered California
Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment Period (OEP) runs annually from

Nov 1st - Jan 31st

2

Special Enrollment

Period

(SEP) (year-round)

Outside Open Enrollment, you may still enroll if you had a qualifying life event (often within the last 60 days).

3

Medicare Enrollment Periods

  • IEP (Turning 65): 3 months before and 3 months after your 65th birthday month

  • AEP (Switching plans): Oct 15 – Dec 7

  • OEP (making changes): Jan 1 – Mar 31

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Consent to Contact: By providing your information and clicking "Submit," you expressly consent to be contacted by a licensed insurance agent from California Plans via phone, email, or text message for marketing purposes. Consent is not a condition of purchase. You may opt-out at any time.

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