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Sign up by Friday for Obamacare in Feb.

The News Journal

Friday, Jan. 15, is the deadline to sign up through the Health Insurance Marketplace if you need health care coverage to kick in Feb. 1.

Open enrollment for 2016 coverage ends Jan. 31. Coverage for those who sign up between Jan. 16 and Jan. 31 will start March 1.

If you go without insurance and are not exempt from the federal requirement to have coverage, you could face a penalty of $695 per adult (plus $347.50 for each child younger than 18 not covered) or 2.5 percent of your household income, whichever is higher.

Go to www.ChooseHealthDE.com for more information and to connect to www.HealthCare.gov.

Free in-person enrollment assistance is available at the locations below. Help by phone is also available by calling the federal Marketplace at (800) 318-2596.

Here's where to get help this week:

Chatman LLC

(302) 685-2379, www.chatmanllc.org

Monday through Friday

• Widener University Delaware Law School, Clinic Wing, Room 257, 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; evenings and weekends by appointment

Monday 

• Wilmington Police Athletic League (P.A.L.), 3707 N. Market St., Wilmington, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday 

• DeLaWarr State Service Center, 500 Rogers Rd., New Castle, 8 a.m. to noon
• Milford State Service Center, 253 NE Front St., 9 a.m. to noon
• First State Community Action Agency, 308 Railroad Ave., Georgetown. 1:30 to 5 p.m.
• Elsmere Library, 30 Spruce Ave., noon to 4 p.m.      
• Pyle State Service Center, 34314 Pyle Center Road, Frankford, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Division of Motor Vehicles, 2230 Hessler Blvd., New Castle, 1 to 4:30 p.m.
• Carroll’s Plaza, Blue Hen Corporate Center, 655 S. Bay Road, Dover 1 to 4 p.m.
• Bear Library, 101 Governors Place, 4 to 6 p.m.
• Nanticoke Hospital, 801 Middleford Road, Seaford, 5 to 8 p.m.

Thursday 

• La Esperanza, 216 N. Race St., Georgetown, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• First State Community Action Agency, 308 Railroad Ave., Georgetown, 1:30 to 5 p.m.
• Nanticoke Hospital, 801 Middleford Road, Seaford, 9 a.m. to noon
• Pyle State Service Center, 34314 Pyle Center Road, Frankford, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Division of Motor Vehicles, 303 Transportation Circle, Dover, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
• New Castle Public Library, 424 Delaware St., 2 to 5 p.m.
• Bear Library, 101 Governors Place, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday 

• Spence’s Bazaar, 550 S. New St., Dover, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Adams State Service Center, 546 S. Bedford St., Georgetown, 9 a.m. to noon
• Department of Labor, Fox Valley Center, 4425 N. Market St., Wilmington, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Nasus Tax Services, 823 N. West St., Wilmington, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Bear YMCA, 351 George Williams Way, Newark, 1 to 5 p.m.
• Levitea, 228 W. Ninth St., Wilmington, 3 to 5 p.m.

Saturday 

• Rudy’s Family Diner, 17064 S. Dupont Highway, Harrington, 8 a.m. to noon
• Nanticoke Hospital, 801 Middleford Road, Seaford, 9 a.m. to noon
• Smyrna Diner, 99 S. Cory Lane, 1 to 5 p.m.

Westside Family Healthcare

(302) 472-8655 in New Castle County, (302) 678-2205 in Kent and Sussex.www.Westsidehealth.org

Tuesday

• Westside Family Healthcare, 27 Marrows Road, Newark, 4 to 6 p.m.
• Division of Motor Vehicles, 303 Transportation Circle Dover, 1 to 3 p.m.
• Milford Library, 11 S E Front St., Milford, 10 a.m. to noon 

Wednesday

• Department of Labor’s Division of Employment and Training, Blue Hen Corporate Center, 655 S. Bay Road, Dover, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• Westside Family Healthcare, 1020 Forrest Ave, Dover, 4 to 6 p.m.
• Wilmington Hospital, 501 W. 14th St., Wilmington, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Adams State Service Center, 546 S. Bedford St., Georgetown, 9 a.m. to noon

Thursday

• Laurel State Service Center, 31039 North Poplar St., Laurel, 9 a.m. to noon
• Georgetown Library, 123 W. Pine St, Georgetown, 1:30 to 4 p.m.
• Westside Family Healthcare, 1802 W. Fourth St., Wilmington, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Westside Family Healthcare, 404 Fox Hunt Dr., Bear, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Pyle State Service Center, 34314 Pyle Center Road, Frankford, 1 to 4 p.m.

Friday

• Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, 801 Middleford Road, Seaford, 1 to  4 p.m.
• Division of Motor Vehicles, 303 Transportation Circle, Dover, 9 a.m. to noon

Saturday

• Westside Family Healthcare, 1802 W. Fourth St., Wilmington, 9 a.m. to noon  
• Westside Family Healthcare, 404 Fox Hunt Dr., Bear, 9 a.m. to noon

Henrietta Johnson Medical Center

(302) 655-6187, www.hjmc.org

Monday through Friday (closed Jan. 18)

• 601 New Castle Avenue, Wilmington, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., until 6:30 Wednesdays

Thursday

• 600 N. Lombard St., Wilmington, 1 to 5 p.m. 
• 3301 Green St., Claymont, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

La Red Health Center

(302) 752-3400 (Georgetown), (302) 752-3450 (Seaford), www.laredhealthcenter.org

Monday through Friday (closed Jan. 18)

• 21444 Carmean Way, Georgetown, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• 300 High St., Seaford, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.                  

Brandywine Women’s Health Associates

(302) 658-8545, www.brandywinewomenshealth.com

Call for appointment.