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13 qualifying life events that trigger ACA special enrollment
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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6 lessons Mary Lou Retton’s health scare can teach us about coverage
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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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…

The case for switching from Bronze to Silver photo

The case for switching from Bronze to Silver

March 31, 2022 – The American Rescue Plan's subsidies made about 4.6 million Americans eligible for a free benchmark Silver health plan. Here's why it would…

Is Obamacare’s ‘Bronze trap’ widening? photo

Is Obamacare’s ‘Bronze trap’ widening?

August 12, 2015 – Jed Graham says the ACA's tax penalty for remaining uninsured will force low-income Americans into high-deductible Bronze plans that will…

Santa, we need CSR subsidies for Bronze plans photo

Santa, we need CSR subsidies for Bronze plans

December 21, 2014 – For low-income people Bronze plans are very rarely appropriate because the out-of-pocket costs are likely to be so high. Cost-sharing…

The Affordable Care Act’s ‘stealth subsidy’ photo

The Affordable Care Act’s ‘stealth subsidy’

December 3, 2014 – The Chicago Tribune devoted a whole feature to the plight of low-income buyers of high-deductible Bronze plans in Illinois without once…

Bruised by the benchmark photo

Bruised by the benchmark

December 2, 2014 – The volatility stems from the fact that subsidies, calculated to leave a buyer paying a fixed percentage of her income for monthly…

Could Copper be ACA’s new precious metal? photo

Could Copper be ACA’s new precious metal?

November 19, 2014 – For some consumers, Copper plans could be just right. This is particularly true among healthy people who don't qualify for subsidies and…