Maryland Residents Get Extra Week To Enroll In Health Plan

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange has extended its deadline for residents to enroll for health insurance because of the record-breaking snowstorm.

Carolyn Quattrocki, executive director of the exchange, said in a news release Friday that the deadline for enrolling in a health benefits plan was extended from Sunday to11:59 p.m. Feb. 5.

Quattrocki says the exchange maintained call center operations at an out-of-state facility, but residents might not have been able to get help in person at offices because of travel difficulties after the storm.

Information is available at MarylandHealthConnection.gov/get-help-enrolling.

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