Employees would be allowed to sign up for coverage if they had previously opted out, or they can change health insurance plans altogether.
It would be stating the obvious to say how much the novel coronavirus has shaken things up for the country and sent a ripple effect into the foreseeable future. What many are seeing as COVID-19 takes its toll is consumers beginning to rethink the health plan decisions they made in the fall of 2019, and consider whether their health care elections are as extensive as they should be during a global pandemic. Affordable health care is a must-have due to increasing medical costs, and that’s why the IRS is giving employees and employers a shot at a mid-year health plan enrollment do-over.