This weekend is one of the last opportunities for uninsured residents to sign up for health coverage that starts January 1st, 2015.
To encourage those in the Quad Cities to do so, Get Covered Illinois and The Project of the Quad Cities held an Enrollment Event and Holiday Party on Saturday, December 13th, 2014 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rock Island.
More than a dozen In-Person Counselors (IPCs) were available to answer questions and address concerns. Representatives from Get Covered Illinois, the state's official Health Insurance Marketplace, say the event was one of the largest enrollment events planned in the Rock Island community.
The deadline to either re-enroll or enroll in coverage for plans through healthcare.gov that take effect on January 1st, 2015 is Monday, December 15th.