The open enrollment period for sign up into health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will begin again in mid-November, and run through mid-February. That follows the initial sign up last year.

Deb Fisher Clemens is Vice President for Public Policy for Avera Health, and says they had a successful sign up last year, and are planning for this year’s enrollment…

 

Fisher Clemens says getting people on health insurance coverage is the first step in improving their health…

 

There is concern about how much insurance premiums may increase this year. Fisher Clemens says they are looking at a small jump in costs…

 

She says the Healthcare dot gov website seems to have worked out many of the bugs that slowed down sign up last year.