What Is The Affordable Healthcare Act?

Key Features of the Law

The health care law offers clear choices for consumers and provides new ways to hold insurance companies accountable. The most important parts of the law are broken into groups below. We’ll highlight new features of the law here as they roll out between now and 2014.

                                                                               
Individuals & Families                                    
Small Businesses                                            Individuals & Families                                            Groups & Business
Large Businesses
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            

                                                          Get Informed About Key Dates

August 1, 2013 Gather personal information like current insurance and expected insurance needs along with household income

September 1, 2013 Only one month to go before open enrollment to purchase health insurance on a health insurance exchange.

October 1, 2013 Open enrollment through the health insurance exchanges begins and continues through March 31, 2014

December 15, 2013 Final day to purchase health care insurance coverage on a health insurance exchange that will be effective on January 1, 2014.

March 31, 2014 Final day for open enrollment through the health insurance exchanges.