{"id":14127,"date":"2015-05-29T10:44:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T17:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/?p=14127"},"modified":"2021-11-16T01:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T01:34:42","slug":"dont-get-hit-with-a-big-penalty-you-may-still-be-able-to-enroll-in-health-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/health-insurance-blog\/dont-get-hit-with-a-big-penalty-you-may-still-be-able-to-enroll-in-health-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t get hit with a big penalty! You may still be able to enroll in health coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"
What does $325.00 mean to you?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the average tax penalty this year for a single person who does not have health insurance. A family of four could pay up to $975.00 or more for not having health insurance. But there is good news!<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve had a qualifying life event and do not have health insurance, you may still be able to obtain coverage during Special Enrollment Period. While it is now too late in the game to avoid the entire 2015 penalty for not having health insurance, the good news is that if you enroll now, you can reduce the amount of the penalty owed.<\/p>\n
What is a \u201cqualifying life event\u201d?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n A qualifying life event is any event you experience that either prevented you from enrolling in health insurance during open enrollment, or somehow changes your status.<\/p>\n Qualifying life events include:<\/p>\n I was laid off from my job and now I don\u2019t have health insurance. Does that qualify as a life event?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>Yes, it certainly does.<\/p>\n <\/strong>Examples of losing health coverage include:<\/p>\n I don\u2019t have a qualifying life event but something outside my control prevented me from getting coverage during the open enrollment period\u2026What do I do?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Call Freeway Insurance, and one of our brokers will help you determine if your circumstances still qualify you to enroll during Special Enrollment Period.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t pay a huge fine\u2026Sign up today!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Simply call 888-871-7555 to speak with the experts at Freeway. Signing up is quick and easy \u2013 you could have health insurance in minutes!<\/p>\n Benefits of choosing Freeway:<\/p>\n We are here for you. It matters to us that you get the coverage you need, hassle-free, at an affordable price.<\/p>\n See why Freeway Insurance has become a trusted name in the community \u2013 and why thousands of people choose us again and again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What does $325.00 mean to you? That\u2019s the average tax penalty this year for a single person who does not have health insurance. A family of four could pay up to $975.00 or more for not having health insurance. But there is good news! If you\u2019ve had a qualifying life event and do not have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309,306],"tags":[209,53,210],"importance":[],"type-content":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25712,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14127\/revisions\/25712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14127"},{"taxonomy":"importance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/importance?post=14127"},{"taxonomy":"type-content","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-content?post=14127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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