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Implementing Obamacare

Obamacare, the biggest change in the nation’s health-care system in decades, is upon us.

With the health-insurance marketplaces scheduled to open for enrollment Oct. 1, millions of Americans, and officials at all levels of government, are trying to figure out what the sweeping Affordable Care Act means for them. On Jan. 1, the law goes into full effect.

Over the coming months and years, The Washington Post will follow the administration’s efforts to promote the legislation and examine the implementation of the law at the federal and state levels, as well as the continued political fight in Congress.

Check back regularly for the latest news on the health-care overhaul.

More information:

How will the health-care exchanges work?

Key dates to remember 

How to buy insurance if you live in Virginia

How to buy insurance if you live in Maryland

How to buy insurance if you live in Washington, D.C.

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A guide to freaking out about the newest Obamacare glitch

Two important questions for Obamacare right now are how well are the the marketplaces working? And how much will that matter for the law?

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Sarah Kliff
September 20, 4:26 pm
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House Speaker John Boehner called the passage of a Republican spending plan “a victory today for the American people.”
Sarah Parnass
September 20, 4:13 pm
  • Sarah Parnass September 20, 4:13 pm

Ad campaign aims to scare college students about Obamacare

A youth group with financial ties to the right-wing billionaire Koch brothers has launched the campaign.

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Valerie Strauss
September 20, 3:01 pm
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The Post's Congressional Reporter Ed O'Keefe explains how lawmakers deal with disagreements over the budget in an attempt to avoid a government shutdown.
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September 20, 2:30 pm
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Aaron Blake
September 20, 1:27 pm
  • Aaron Blake September 20, 1:27 pm

House passes GOP spending plan that defunds Obamacare

But the stopgap spending bill is expected to be changed by the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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Lori Montgomery, Philip Rucker
September 20, 12:17 pm
  • Lori Montgomery|Philip Rucker September 20, 12:17 pm

Nurses express practical concerns about health-care law

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius didn’t seem to be getting ahead of herself when she addresses a nursing convention.

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Melinda Henneberger
September 20, 11:21 am
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Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed local health care providers and community leaders on details of the soon to be implemented Affordable Care Act during a visit to Jacksonville, Florida's Sulzbacher Center on Sept. 16.
Bob Self
September 20, 11:15 am
  • Bob Self September 20, 11:15 am

Many Americans confused about health-care law, poll finds

Politicians bring it up continually. Groups have spent millions of dollars promoting — and denouncing — it on television. President Obama is out lauding it virtually every week....

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Sandhya Somashekhar, Peyton M. Craighill
September 20, 10:47 am
  • Sandhya Somashekhar|Peyton M. Craighill September 20, 10:47 am

A shutdown won’t stop Obamacare

Conservatives who won’t yield against Obamacare might ultimately prove to be the law’s best friends.

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Ezra Klein, Evan Soltas
September 20, 8:57 am
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