Thousands get 2014 insurance from NY marketplace
ALBANY— With health insurance through New York’s marketplace scheduled to start next year, thousands of policyholders have to change coverage while even more uninsured are signing up for new policies.
Facing a late influx of applications, the exchange pushed back enrollment deadlines twice, most recently to midnight Tuesday for policies effective Jan. 1. Unlike the troubled federal marketplace operating in 36 states, New York established its own, which has had some but fewer software problems.
Meanwhile, about 100,000 New Yorkers are losing policies deemed noncompliant with the federal law that’s driving the effort, including sole business proprietors insured through their professional associations or chambers of commerce.