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The three-year effort to open the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges culminates today, beset by logistical delays and efforts by Republicans to shut down the U.S. government in protest.

Some brokers are eager to start enrollment on Oct. 1 and others want to wait and see what happens, but either way, no one expects people to be knocking down their doors on the first day.

What’s next for the ACA’s health insurance exchanges and how will employers respond?

Benefit Advisors Network partners with Liazon; traction may take time.

The calculator that determines subsidies for the 36 states relying on the federal government for exchanges come Oct. 1 isn’t working in tests, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Beverly Beattie recently worked with a productivity consultant who taught her and her staff how to set up our environment so that it functions in a way that serves us well. Here are the top three takeaways she gained from this experience.

Wellness progress is at a standstill, even as a flow of new products continue to enter the market.

Officials from the 17 exchanges, including D.C., that will run separate from the federal government share how they are training brokers to be involved.

Jennifer Eilers is Employee Benefit Adviser’s 2013 adviser of the year. She excels at both long-term strategic planning and in-person client communication.

The ACA may be experiencing delays, but HITECH and other enforcement continues on schedule — with more auditors on the clock.