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NYS health insurance marketplace extends initial deadline

Courtesy NY State of Health

New Yorkers now have an extra two days to sign up for health insurance in time for a January 1st start date. In the past three days, more than 55,000 New Yorkers have enrolled or renewed coverage through the exchange.  

This is the busiest enrollment period yet, according the NY State of Health, the state's official health plan marketplace. The deadline – originally Thursday, December 15th but now Saturday, December 17th – is only for a January 1 start date. The general open enrollment period ends January 31st. 

Karen Shakerdge covers health for WXXI News. She has spent the past decade asking people questions about their lives, as a documentary film producer, oral historian and now radio reporter.