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Submitted by an anonymous reader:[Click to embiggen]Your tax dollars at work.UPDATE: Timing is everything. Here's the latest from Ms Shecantbeserious, courtesy of our friends at Cornerstone:All brokers – update on changes to ACA Individual Deadlines INDIVIDUAL ACA ANNOUNCEMENTS – DEADLINE CHANGES CMS announces extension date for individual sign-up to December 23, 2013The Obama Administration announced (Friday, November 22, 2013) they are giving consumers an extra eight days to sign up for health coverage that takes effect Jan. 1, 2014. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the parent of the Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight — said it will push the individual coverage enrollment deadline to Dec. 23, from Dec. 15. ALSO HHS announces one-month delay for start of ACA sign-ups for 2015HHS plans to delay by a month the start of next year's Affordable Care Act enrollment period for coverage in 2015 to give insurers additional time to set premiums and evaluate their experiences in 2014. Instead of the previously announced window of Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, 2014, enrollment for the 2015 plan year would start Nov. 15, 2014, and end on Jan. 15, 2015.You really can't make this stuff up. Original content copyright © InsureBlog
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