Membership Changes

How you make changes depends on where you get your insurance. 

If you get your insurance through your employer:

Contact your company’s human resources department to request changes.

If you purchase your own insurance:

Use the link that applies to you:

• Maryland residents: Use the Membership Change Form found here.
• Washington, D.C. residents: Contact the DC Health Link by clicking here.
• Virginia residents: Visit HealthCare.gov here.

Sometimes, things happen that change your insurance needs. In insurance lingo, these are called “qualifying life events.”

Examples of qualifying life events include but are not limited to:

Change in household

• Getting married or divorced
• Having a baby or adopting a child
• Experiencing a death in the family
• Receiving a court order of a child or qualified dependent

Loss of health coverage

• Losing your job
• Employer no longer paying for your health coverage
• Employer-sponsored plan no longer affordable
• Having refused or exhausted COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) coverage within the last 60 days

Change in residence

• Moving to a different ZIP code or country
• Seasonal worker moving to or from the place they live and work
• Moving to or from a shelter or other transitional housing
• Student moving to or from the place they attend school
• Having been released from a prison term within the last 60 days (about two months)

Other life events

• There was an enrollment error in your previous application
• You lost or gained eligibility for financial assistance (also called subsidies)
• Your present plan violated an important term of your coverage agreement
• You get health insurance through a new job or your spouse/partner