Updated Aug 18, 2021
This chart describes the regular and special enrollment periods when individuals may sign up for health insurance coverage through either the federal marketplace (healthcare.gov, which 36 states use) or state-operated marketplaces (used by 14 states and Washington, DC).
Marketplace | Original 2021 Open Enrollment Period | 2021 COVID-19 Special Enrollment Period (SEP) |
Federally facilitated marketplace (36 states) |
Nov. 1 – Dec. 15, 2020 | Feb. 15 – May 15, 2021* |
State-Operated Marketplaces | ||
California | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 31, 2021 | Feb. 1 – May 15, 2021 and April 12- Dec. 31, 2021** |
Colorado | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 15, 2021 | Feb.8 Aug. 15, 2021 |
Connecticut | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 15, 2021 | Feb. 15 – April 15, 2021 and May 1- Oct 31, 2021 |
DC | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 31, 2021 | Jan.1, 2021 Jan. 31, 2022*** |
Idaho | Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, 2020 | Mar. 1- April 30, 2021 |
Maryland | Nov. 1 – Dec. 15, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Aug 15, 2021 |
Massachusetts | Nov. 1, 2020 July 23, 2021 | |
Minnesota | Nov. 1 – Dec. 22, 2020 | Feb. 16 July 16, 2021 |
Nevada | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 15, 2021 | Feb. 15 August 15, 2021 |
New Jersey | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 31, 2021 | Feb. 1 Nov. 30, 2021 |
New York | Nov. 1, 2020 December 31, 2021 | |
Pennsylvania | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 15, 2021 | Feb. 15 Aug. 15, 2021 |
Rhode Island | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 23, 2021 | Feb.1 Aug. 15, 2021 |
Vermont | Nov. 1, 2020 – Dec. 15, 2020 | Feb. 16 Oct. 1, 2021 |
Washington State | Nov. 1, 2020 – Jan. 15, 2021 | Feb. 15 Aug. 15, 2021 |
*Heathcare.gov opened a special enrollment period as a result of President Biden’s Jan. 28, 2021?executive order?designed to strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act enrollment.??
**California closed its COVID-19 SEP on May 15, 2021 and reopened a new, separate SEP in response to the American Rescue Plan Act on April 12, 2021.
***Washington, DC will extend its COVID-19 SEP through the last day of the DC Health Link Individual & Family 2022 Open Enrollment Period (January 31, 2022), unless the District of Columbia COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), as declared by the Mayor, is still in place on that date, in which case the SEP is available until the end of the month in which the PHE ends.