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Outside of open enrollment, a special enrollment period allows you to enroll in an ACA-compliant plan (on or off-exchange) if you experience a qualifying life event.

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Mary Lou Retton’s health scare story included some important lessons for consumers, many of whom may assume that the celebrity’s health scare is a sign of barriers to affordable health coverage.
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50 populations whose lives are better thanks to the ACA photo

50 populations whose lives are better thanks to the ACA

September 21, 2023 – Millions of Americans would have worse health insurance – or none at all – without Obamacare's provisions. But the law's protections…

Lost your job? Here’s how to keep your health insurance or find new coverage now. photo

Lost your job? Here’s how to keep your health insurance or find new coverage now.

February 24, 2023 – Losing your job in 2023 doesn’t mean you have to go without health coverage. Here’s how to find coverage right…

Applying for ACA coverage? Know the ropes (between income levels). photo

Applying for ACA coverage? Know the ropes (between income levels).

November 28, 2022 – Understanding how small differences in projected income can have a large impact on your health plan costs can be key to obtaining…

Four reasons to not wait until January to enroll in an ACA health plan photo

Four reasons to not wait until January to enroll in an ACA health plan

November 1, 2022 – Obamacare's 2023 open enrollment runs until January 15 in most states. Here's why you might want to enroll by December 15…

How I sought to stop worrying and love a Bronze plan photo

How I sought to stop worrying and love a Bronze plan

May 16, 2022 – For older enrollees with average-to-high income and some savings, low premium plans with high deductibles usually make…

ACA sign-ups hit all-time high – with a month of open enrollment remaining photo

ACA sign-ups hit all-time high – with a month of open enrollment remaining

December 28, 2021 – Americans in need of health insurance have responded to a major increase in marketplace subsidies created by the American Rescue…

How the Build Back Better legislation might affect your coverage photo

How the Build Back Better legislation might affect your coverage

December 22, 2021 – The Build Back Better Act is loaded with long-needed fixes to the Affordable Care Act that would continue to boost affordability of…

Why your ACA premium might be going up for 2022 photo

Why your ACA premium might be going up for 2022

December 15, 2021 – Health insurance rate increases nationally are mostly modest. Here’s why you might expect a steep increase anyway – and how you might…

Congress boosted ACA subsidies. An enrollment surge followed. photo

Congress boosted ACA subsidies. An enrollment surge followed.

September 28, 2021 – The ARP's enhanced health insurance subsidies prompted a major surge in new marketplace enrollments and plan upgrades during this year's…

How new carriers in your marketplace could affect your coverage options photo

How new carriers in your marketplace could affect your coverage options

September 14, 2021 – More health insurance carriers are entering ACA's exchanges for 2022. Here's why you should pay attention to new health plans in your…

Subsidy availability drives consumers to shop for health insurance photo

Subsidy availability drives consumers to shop for health insurance

September 2, 2021 – Americans previously priced out of ACA coverage have been motivated by newfound eligibility for subsidies – and dramatic savings are…

The COVID SEP ended in most states. The ARP is still making premiums more affordable. photo

The COVID SEP ended in most states. The ARP is still making premiums more affordable.

August 20, 2021 – The American Rescue Plan's enhancements to the Affordable Care Act's health insurance subsidies will continue long after the end of the…