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What are the deadlines for the ACA’s open enrollment period?
A list of the open enrollment deadlines for enrollment in 2025 ACA-compliant health insurance in every state. Open enrollment runs from November 1 to January 15 in most states, but some state-run exchanges have different schedules.

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Will you receive an ACA premium subsidy?
See if you're eligible for the Affordable Care Act's premium tax credits (premium subsidies), how subsidies are calculated, and why they are more robust than they used to be.

Expert analysis of health reform issues

Finalized federal rule reduces total duration of short-term health plans to 4 months photo

Finalized federal rule reduces total duration of short-term health plans to 4 months

September 20, 2024 – A finalized federal rule will impose new nationwide duration limits on short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans. The rule…

Georgia switches to state-run health insurance Marketplace for 2025 coverage photo

Georgia switches to state-run health insurance Marketplace for 2025 coverage

September 17, 2024 – In this article How do Georgia residents currently enroll in Marketplace coverage? Can residents use Georgia Access to enroll in 2024…

DACA news: 100,000 Dreamers become eligible for Marketplace health insurance photo

DACA news: 100,000 Dreamers become eligible for Marketplace health insurance

August 21, 2024 – Starting in November, DACA health insurance options will include exchange enrollment and eligibility for income-based premium subsidies.…

Domestic partner health insurance: a coverage option for unmarried couples photo

Domestic partner health insurance: a coverage option for unmarried couples

June 20, 2024 – If you’re in a relationship deemed a domestic partnership, access to your domestic partner’s health insurance, or their access to…

What consumers need to know about unauthorized Marketplace plan changes photo

What consumers need to know about unauthorized Marketplace plan changes

May 20, 2024 – In recent weeks, we’ve seen news reports of Marketplace enrollees’ coverage being switched without their knowledge. Here's what…

Enrollment in 2024 Marketplace health plans during open enrollment reaches record high photo

Enrollment in 2024 Marketplace health plans during open enrollment reaches record high

April 30, 2024 – During the open enrollment period for 2024 health coverage, more than 21.4 million people enrolled in private qualified health plans (QHPs)…

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Health insurance for the unemployed

April 26, 2024 – When it comes to obtaining health insurance for the self employed, consumers have several coverage options to consider, including ACA…

Six ways federal rule changes might affect Marketplace enrollees photo

Six ways federal rule changes might affect Marketplace enrollees

April 23, 2024 – Federal health insurance rule changes that take effect for coverage in 2025 (and beyond) could affect Marketplace enrollment, essential…

Where Medicaid unwinding and disenrollments stand at the one-year mark photo

Where Medicaid unwinding and disenrollments stand at the one-year mark

April 22, 2024 – Here’s a look at what’s been happening with disenrollments that resulted from Medicaid unwinding – and also a look at the…

6 lessons Mary Lou Retton’s health scare can teach us about coverage photo

6 lessons Mary Lou Retton’s health scare can teach us about coverage

January 23, 2024 – Mary Lou Retton’s health scare story included some important lessons for consumers, many of whom may assume that the celebrity’s health…

HMO vs PPO vs POS vs EPO: What’s the difference? photo

HMO vs PPO vs POS vs EPO: What’s the difference?

January 3, 2024 – The type of managed care your health plan falls under affects your healthcare costs and plan benefits – including access to medical…

Over 9 million Medicaid beneficiaries disenrolled as redeterminations continue photo

Over 9 million Medicaid beneficiaries disenrolled as redeterminations continue

October 25, 2023 – Seven months after states received authorization to start Medicaid redeterminations, the process is proceeding mostly as expected, with…