Roughly 8,000 people in Connecticut failed to pay their first month's premium for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. And that means that they won't be covered under Obamacare this year.
Jim Wadleigh was happy earlier this year when he announced that 116,000 people signed up for private health insurance through his agency, Access Health CT. But he wasn't happy to learn that 8,000 of them failed to pay their first month's premium.
"It's important for all of our customers who, going through the enrollment process, realize that until they make their first payment, they're not finished," Wadleigh said.
And even once you've made your first payment, you may have more paperwork to send to verify your eligibility and to ensure your coverage stays in place. If you don't pay your first premium, or you don't send in your paperwork, you could lose your coverage for an entire year.
So, Wadleigh said, finish what you started.
