How Long Will My Health Insurance Application Take to Process?

This is another one of the many things that will likely vary considerably depending on which kind of health plan and which insurance carrier you decide to go with. That said, typically you’ll hear back from either your insurer or your insurance agent in between two and three weeks. The process has been known to take longer if a prospective carrier requests additional personal information or medical records.

The best way to ensure that you’ll hear back from your prospective carriers as soon as possible is to be very careful and detail oriented when you fill out your plan application, medical history and personal information forms; this will lend the process a much needed jumpstart.

Note: To make sure that you’ll be protected in the interim, you may want to look into a 30 day short-term health policy.