County offers free open health insurance enrollment help for uninsured
Published 4:21 pm Thursday, November 5, 2015
For the Reporter
An open enrollment period for purchasing discount health insurance begins next week, and Public Health of Seattle & King County is offering free expert help – with special emphasis on areas where large numbers of uninsured people live and work.
Those areas include South King County cities such as Auburn and Federal Way along with some neighborhoods in Seattle and Bellevue.
Some of the major enrollment events this year include:
• Saturday, Nov. 7 – Seattle City Hall, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 14 – The Outlet Collection (mall), Auburn, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 21 – Bellevue Crossroads Shopping Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 9 – Third Place Commons, Lake Forest Park, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 16 – Federal Way Commons, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Health insurance assistance will also return to public library branches in neighborhoods throughout the county. All enrollment events details are listed on King County’s Coverage webpage.
