Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5) will start on Wednesday, November 1. The dates for open enrollment this year are different than they were in prior years as OE5 will end on December 15, 2017. These dates apply for marketplaces on the federally facilitated exchange (healthcare.gov). Some states who are running their own state-based marketplace will have an extended period for OE5. Two of the state-based marketplaces will be following the federally facilitated marketplace with open enrollment dates of November 1-December 15. These two states are: Idaho and Vermont. The remaining ten states will have the dates for their open enrollment periods as follows:
- California: November 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018
- Colorado: November 1, 2017 – January 12, 2018
- Connecticut: November 1, 2017 – December 22, 2017
- District of Columbia: November 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018
- Maryland: November 1, 2017 – December 22, 2017 *
- Massachusetts: November 1, 2017 – January 23, 2018
- Minnesota: November 1, 2017 – January 14, 2018
- New York: November 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018
- Rhode Island: November 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017
- Washington: November 1, 2017 – January 15, 2018
* Updated December 13, 2017