 [ Symptoms ] i am covered through the end of this year with a private health insurance plan  i will be switching to another plan with the same carrier through the exchange will i need to contact my insurance company regarding this change [ Disease ] theoretically your insurer should be getting the information about your switch and contact you with information about your new plan however if you are signing up through healthcare gov we know there are difficulties with the transfer of information it certainly can not hurt to call your insurer directly