{"id":7702,"date":"2017-11-29T19:57:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T19:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2017-11-29T19:57:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T19:57:41","slug":"affordable-care-act-aca-insurance-open-enrollment-deadline-december-15-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=7702","title":{"rendered":"Affordable Care Act (ACA) Insurance Open Enrollment Deadline:  December 15, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">Source: Alderman Reilly Reports 11\/3\/17<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">Through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 1.2 million Illinois residents, including 300,000 Chicagoans are now insured.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong>However, this year&#8217;s Open\u00a0Enrollment period is the shortest it has ever been &#8211; it starts on November 1, and you must sign up by December 15. Don&#8217;t miss your chance to get covered!<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">8 out of 10 people who\u00a0enrolled in health coverage through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">HealthCare.gov<\/a> qualified for financial help to make their monthly premiums more affordable. Find out if you&#8217;re eligible for a discount\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/lower-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Remember all plans at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">HealthCare.gov<\/a>\u00a0cover free preventive care with no co-pay. This means free cancer screenings, check-ups and more. You won&#8217;t be denied for pre-existing conditions. Health plans in the individual and small group markets are required to cover ten categories of essential health benefits &#8211; including emergency services, maternity and newborn care, mental and substance use disorder services and prescription coverage.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Don&#8217;t miss your chance to Get Covered and share with your family, friends and neighbors!<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Get Covered. Apply\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/apply-and-enroll\/get-ready-to-apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">here<\/a>. \u00a0For local help applying, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilcha.org\/help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Illinois Coalition for Health Access<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Alderman Reilly Reports 11\/3\/17 Through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 1.2 million Illinois residents, including 300,000 Chicagoans are now insured. However, this year&#8217;s Open\u00a0Enrollment period is the shortest it has ever been &#8211; it starts on November 1, and you must sign up by December 15. Don&#8217;t miss your chance to get covered! 8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}