State offers special health insurance enrollment period, extended Medicaid benefits to flood survivors
VTDigger
Vermont is offering a special health insurance enrollment period and extended Medicaid benefits to people impacted by last month’s historic flooding.
Typically, signing up for a health insurance plan through Vermont Health Connect is limited to an annual open enrollment period between Nov. 1 and Jan. 15. But the Department of Vermont Health Access, which administers the state’s federally subsidized health insurance marketplace, announced Thursday that individuals can sign up for a qualified health plan now if they tell the state they were impacted by the floods.
“We want to help those affected by this natural disaster in any way we can, and that includes ensuring that our friends, family, and neighbors avoid gaps in their health coverage,” Andrea DeLaBruere, commissioner of Vermont’s Department of Health Access, wrote in a statement.