ObamaCare Implementation Dates

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.  But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Speech in London, 1942
 

2013
 

09/09 - Insurers agree upon exchange participation agreements with HHS.

09/30 - Obama's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rule on whether Members of Congress, under ObamaCare, retain their subsidies.

10/01 - Exchanges begin enrolling individuals.

10/01 - Fiscal year ends: ObamaCare defunding fight expected.

10/01 -U.S. Treasury finds it has insufficient funds to pay bondholders on time.

2014
 

01/14- Full implementation begins.

• Individual mandate takes effect.
• Employer mandate delayed until 2015.
• Income verification checks suspended.
• Guaranteed issue mandate takes effect.
• Community rating mandate takes effect.
• Minimum essential coverage rules take effect.
• Actuarial value mandate takes effect.
• Ban on annual limits takes effect.
• Health insurance deductible limits mandate takes effect.
• Maximum out-of-pocket limit mandate takes effect.
• Medicare Advantage medical loss ratio (MLR) price control takes effect.
• Medicaid expansion takes effect [note: made optional for states by the Supreme Court]
• Health insurance tax takes effect.
• Temporary Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) expires.
• Temporary reinsurance program for retiree coverage expires.

04/01 - Obama's goal: 7 million enrollees, including 2.7 million adults under 35.
 

11/04 Midterm elections.  All 435 House of Representive seats and 33 of 100 Senate seats to be contested.

Tweet;:Target dates for Obamacare implementation are 9/30/13, 10/1/13, 1/1/14, and 4/1/14. By these dates, we should know fate and path  of Obamacare.