Obamacare’s big deadline — and a number of other rules affecting customers — could get a lot tighter next season.
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed dramatically shortening the amount of time that people would have to sign up for individual health insurance plans during open enrollment for 2018. Open enrollment would run from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15, 1½ months less the open enrollment season for 2017 plans.
At the same time, the administration called for toughening rules about signing up outside of open enrollment and about customers resuming coverage after failing to pay premiums, and loosening rules about the design of individual plans.
