Health Insurance Exchanges

A Quick Guide The New Health Insurance Exchanges
Staff members from the Champaign Urbana Public Health District offices in Champaign, Ill., work with people trying to sign up for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. The state of Illinois website set up to let people shop for health insurance, shown at right, worked fine, office workers said, but the federal website wasn't working for anyone who tried it Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
Staff members from the Champaign Urbana Public Health District offices in Champaign, Ill., work with people trying to sign up for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. The state of Illinois website set up to let people shop for health insurance, shown at right, worked fine, office workers said, but the federal website wasn't working for anyone who tried it Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/David Mercer)

The fate of Obamacare is likely to hinge on the success or failure of online shopping centers where people can comparison-shop for coverage, dubbed Health Benefit Exchanges by the 2010 Affordable Care Act and Health Insurance Marketplaces by the Obama administration.

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