Only those that qualify for special enrollment -- such as losing health insurance through their job -- could still sign up for health insurance beyond tomorrow's deadline. As of Jan. 24, 327,000 people have signed up for 2017 health insurance coverage, according to Covered California spokesman Roy Kennedy. Tomorrow's health insurance deadline is just about the end all for those seeking coverage this year. Kennedy also said that about 1.3 million people have renewed their coverage through Covered California. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images (Photo: David McNew, 2013 Getty Images)The Affordable Care Act is still on the books -- and California has seen hundreds of thousands of new enrollees.
I've put my family on a health insurance experiment. It's been a challenge
Here's my major takeaway so far from this ongoing experiment: Simply asking people to pay out of pocket for their health care doesn't create a health care marketplace. Enrollment in high-deductible health insurance plans has exploded over the past five years. At best, we'll have a health care system that might save a little money — but at the risk of harming the health of our citizens. I made the point that we had a lot of advantages in navigating the health care system effectively and that she and I should go about making the same health care decisions that we would have otherwise. If this is going to be a big national experiment, I thought that I, as a physician and a health policy scholar, ought to know what it's like to live with this kind of health insurance.collected by :Lucy William
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