There are just a few days left to sign up through the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace if you want coverage to begin January first.
If you need to renew your enrollment, or are signing up for the first time...the deadline to get that done and be covered on New Year's Day is this coming Tuesday.
Get Covered Illinois' Brian Gorman advises giving yourself a little time to do your homework before choosing a plan.
"Nearly 80 percent of the people who apply for plans in the marketplace qualify for some sort of cost sharing reductions. Secondly, we know that people who do shop around are likely to find a better deal, to save as much as a couple of hundred dollars a month on their premiums."
You can begin the enrollment process online at getcoveredillinois.gov.
