10 key dates in Obamacare
Published March 31, 2014 4:02 PM
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Updated March 31, 2014 3:58 PM
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March 31, 2014
Open enrollment officially closes, however those who began the process before the deadline will be allowed to enroll until a yet unannounced date in April. Obama administration announces no way to verify when users began enrollment.
March 14, 2014
Administration announces the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan, which was originally set to expire on Dec. 31, and has been extended monthly since will be extended until April.
March 5, 2014
Government changes its regulation of Obamacare to allow Americans with health coverage that pre-dates Obamacare to stay on their plans for two more years, insurers are given an extra month to sign up customers next winter, and states get more time to decide whether to manage the law themselves.
Feb. 10, 2014
Internal Revenue Service issues final guidance saying that employers with fewer than 100 employees wont have to provide health insurance coverage until Jan. 1, 2016.
Jan. 16, 2014
Gary Cohen, director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, reveals in testimony on Capitol Hill that the back -end payment system of Healthcare.gov is still being built. Cohen later announced on March 6 that he would resign, effective March 31, as he wanted to go back home to California.
Jan. 10, 2014
Obama administration announces that Accenture will replace CGI Group, the company that built the main Obamacare website, in February when CGIs contract with the federal government expires, a person familiar with the decision said.
Dec. 23, 2013
On the deadline to sign up for coverage beginning Jan. 1, it is extended until midnight on Dec. 24 as heavy traffic to the online enrollment system caused a queuing system to be activated.
Dec. 12, 2013
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asks agencys inspector general to review the development of Healthcare.gov, among other steps, in order to take concrete action and prevent future issues.
Oct. 1, 2013
Healthcare.gov officially opens for business but is mired for technical glitches, allowing few Americans to enroll in the first week.
March 23, 2010
President Barack Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law.
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Text: Brian M. Kalish/HIX-News.com
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Text: Brian M. Kalish/HIX-News.com
