Just released from Jail or Prison and need Health Insurance ?
Affordable Care Act Insurance
If you’re incarcerated, you can’t buy a Marketplace plan. Once you’re released, you can use the Marketplace to get health coverage.
For the Marketplace, “incarcerated” means serving a term in prison or jail.
You’re not incarcerated if you’re:
- On probation, parole, or house arrest — living at home, in a residential facility, or halfway house (under supervision of the criminal justice system or voluntarily).
- In jail or prison pending disposition of charges (being held but not convicted of a crime).
After release from incarceration
“Once released, you have a 60-day Special Enrollment Period“
to apply for and select a plan for Marketplace coverage. When you apply for health coverage, you might qualify for lower costs on monthly premiums and out-of-pocket costs.