On Tuesday night, millions of people in Illinois are finally getting a little idea of what they may pay under the new plan. It's called the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace.
According Governor Quinn, 95 percent of Illinois residents will have access to at least 34 different plans.
So, far we're getting the monthly rates for only the lowest cost plans. For example, a 25-year-old nonsmoker will pay $120 a month in Chicago. For a 40-year-old nonsmoker, it would be $152 a month in Chicago. A 60-year-old will pay $323 a month.
Subsidies may be available depending on how much money a person makes. On Tuesday, President Obama and former president Bill Clinton took to the same stage to promote the new health care law that President Obama championed after Clinton's own efforts to reform health care 20 years ago failed.
Now President Obama has turned to the man he calls his "secretary of explaining stuff."
"When you have universal enrollment, you can manage your costs better and cut inflation down. Just want to know one thing, inflation in health care costs dropped 4 percent for 3 years in a row for the first time in 50 years," said Clinton.
People who do not have insurance through their employer and who do not buy insurance will face penalties.
ABC7 is told all rates should be available in Illinois on October 1. That's also when people will be able to access the marketplace in three different ways: online, at the state's help desk or by visiting a partner organization to obtain in-person assistance.
Illinois-specific ACA information:
Affordable Care Act information for Illinois
General information about the Affordable Care Act:
healthcare.gov
Great resource for small businesses and the ACA:
healthcoverageguide.org
ACA health insurance marketplace:
http://marketplace.cms.gov/getofficialresources/multimedia/multimedia.html
