California joins Biden with special enrollment to help people get insurance

SACRAMENTO – Covered California announced recently that effective Monday, Feb. 1, anyone uninsured and eligible to enroll in health care coverage through Covered California can sign up through May 15.

The move follows President Biden’s executive order to declare a special enrollment period from Feb. 15 through May 15 for the 36 states served by the federally facilitated marketplace, reopening the doors to coverage for millions of Americans.

An estimated 2.7 million Californians are uninsured, including 1.2 million who are eligible for financial help from Covered California or through Medi-Cal....