Health Insurance Special Enrollment Period For New Yorkers Facing Tax Penalties

Did you file your taxes for 2014 and realize you were penalized for not having health insurance? If you were, you now have a second chance to avoid a penalty for 2015. If you did not enroll for health insurance during this year’s open enrollment, and were fined a federal penalty for not having health insurance you still have the opportunity to enroll for health coverage through the Special Enrollment Period starting March 1 and ending April 30, 2015.

Read the following article on the Special Enrollment Period extended beyond Open Enrollment Period to accommodate those individuals and families penalized:

Press Release: NY State of Health Announces Special Enrollment Period for Uninsured New Yorkers Facing Tax Penalties

You are welcome to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Our Life and Health Department can assist you with this any of your Health Insurance needs. Life and Health Account Executive, Narima Prashad, can be reached by phone or email: (718) 386-5050 x 7069 | NPrashad@jpins.com.