What Consumers Need To Know About Enrollment For ACA Exchange

Open Enrollment for 2018 starts Nov. 1, next Wednesday, and runs through Dec. 15. That’s about six weeks.

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Confused about the fate of “repeal and replace,” about big premium hikes, about “insurer bailouts’’’ being eliminated?

The political roller coaster that the Affordable Care Act has been riding may have left you wondering what is still standing in terms of the 2010 health law.

Actually, much remains the same. Not only is the ACA still in place, but so is its requirement for most people to get health coverage or pay a tax penalty.