Decision Time Is Here … For People Enrolling In Health Insurance Exchange

Open enrollment for Georgia’s 2019 exchange, which operates under the Affordable Care Act, runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15.

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All of the political campaign talk on health care may have obscured the reality that starting Thursday, the health insurance exchange opens for business.

Open enrollment for Georgia’s 2019 exchange, which operates under the Affordable Care Act, runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15.

The coverage rules will feature a significant change: People who previously faced a tax penalty for not having health insurance will no longer be penalized in 2019. (Congress repealed the ACA’s health insurance requirement.)