For better or for worse, it looks like the recent health care reform is a go…and in fact it looks like they are going to hit all the targeted dates.  I found this article on-line by Allison Bell that talks about the testimony of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius before a congressional panel:

“U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today assured yet another congressional panel that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) exchanges will be opening on schedule.
“We are moving ahead,” Sebelius said today at a House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee hearing on the HHS fiscal year 2014 budget request. “We are definitely going to be open for open enrollment starting Oct. 1 of 2013.”

For the entire article click on this link.
 http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2013/04/18/sebelius-the-exchanges-really-will-open-oct-1?eNL=51706734160ba08e650000d2&utm_source=LifeHealthProDaily&utm_medium=eNL&utm_campaign=LifeHealthPro_eNLs&_LID=143958457