Californians aiming to sign up for health insurance through the state’s Covered California marketplace have a little extra time, with the open enrollment deadline extended until Friday, officials said.
Covered California extended the Jan. 31 deadline after seeing “record-breaking enrollment nationally” and high demand in the state for health insurance, officials announced last week. The new deadline to sign up for 2024 coverage is midnight Feb. 9, with coverage effective from Feb. 1.
Applicants may have also experienced longer wait times while attempting to reach representatives over the phone recently — which state officials blamed on a “cybersecurity incident affecting a third-party vendor that supports its phone lines,” the agency said in a news release.
The Covered California service center was temporarily taken offline due to the breach, officials said. Enrollment and eligibility systems were not affected, the agency said, and “At this time, there is no indication that any personal information was compromised.”