{"id":1318954,"date":"2020-03-19T21:04:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T03:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=994874"},"modified":"2020-03-19T21:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T03:04:47","slug":"gov-polis-opens-special-health-insurance-enrollment-period-extends-restaurant-bar-closure-to-april-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/gov-polis-opens-special-health-insurance-enrollment-period-extends-restaurant-bar-closure-to-april-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Polis opens special health insurance enrollment period, extends restaurant, bar closure to April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Gov.-Polis-presser.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Gov.-Polis-presser.jpg 644w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Gov.-Polis-presser-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\"><figcaption><strong>Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks on March 10, 2020, at the State Capitol building in Denver.<\/strong><br \/><em>Hyoung Chang\/The Denver Post<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday opened a special health insurance enrollment period for Coloradans needing coverage as part of more sweeping actions to try to limit the spread of the new coronavirus in the state and prepare for an influx of infected patients.<\/p>\n<p>The enrollment period for uninsured Coloradans will begin on March 20 and last through April 3. People who need health insurance can buy plans on the state\u2019s Affordable Care Act\u2019s individual exchange \u2014 called&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__connectforhealthco.com_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=sdnEM9SRGFuMt5z5w3AhsPNahmNicq64TgF1JwNR0cs&amp;r=Ir_c1GovS6w--m7uB3Yuecj4JuBxwPChd1rHY5aVh2E&amp;m=-fi5Fl2qoH00i0Q6REFgUudzYuS_X9CEqURG-SkWWUU&amp;s=3EsBmqaLTQxWpDcSnt60-Wivb8QqiKva9RrGp3_4Dl0&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\">Connect for Health Colorado<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 during that span.<\/p>\n<p>Polis also added hair and nail salons, spas, and tattoo and massage parlors to the list of businesses ordered closed by an executive action earlier this week that mandated the shut down of restaurants, bars, casinos, theaters and gyms.<\/p>\n<p>The order is now in effect until at least April 30 \u2014 a longer period than when it was first signed into action earlier this week for 30 days.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2020\/03\/19\/colorado-health-insurance-coronavirus-spas-salons-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read the full story from The Colorado Sun.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<p><em>The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported news organization dedicated to covering the people, places and policies that matter in Colorado. Read more, sign up for free newsletters and subscribe at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradosun.com\/\">coloradosun.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/gov-polis-opens-special-health-insurance-enrollment-period-extends-restaurant-bar-closure-to-april-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks on March 10, 2020, at the State Capitol building in Denver.Hyoung Chang\/The Denver Post Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday opened a special health insurance enrollment period for Coloradans needing coverage as part of more sweeping actions to try to limit the spread of the new coronavirus in the state and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1318954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 19:30:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}