Giovanni Gomez of the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace Team from Governor Quinn's Office speaks to the people attending the September 23 event.
Watch for Governor Quinn's "Get Covered Illinois" roll-out over the next week as well.
Obamacare open enrollment: Here's everything you need to know
updated 6:27 PM EDT, Thu September 26, 2013
(CNN) -- Amy Braun-Gross is counting the hours until October 1.
It's not her birthday nor her anniversary.
October 1 is the day that marks the first time ever she will be allowed to buy health insurance.
Like more than 48 million other Americans, the Wisconsin stay-at-home mom does not have insurance to pay for doctor bills if she gets sick. It's particularly disconcerting when she thinks about her husband, Chris, who runs a tree-cutting business. Being an arborist is physically demanding. He has fallen out of trees.
Oct. 1 -- March 31 open enrollment for health insurance marketplaces.
Dec. 14 -- buy your plan through the exchange by this date if you want it to start by January 1, 2014
Jan. 1, 2014 -- all legal residents and U.S. citizens must have qualifying health coverage
Oct. 15- Dec. 7, 2014 --the next Open Enrollment Period for the marketplaces.
Dec. 14 -- buy your plan through the exchange by this date if you want it to start by January 1, 2014
Jan. 1, 2014 -- all legal residents and U.S. citizens must have qualifying health coverage
Oct. 15- Dec. 7, 2014 --the next Open Enrollment Period for the marketplaces.
"You know something as simple as a sprained ankle, none of that is covered right now, none of it," Braun-Gross said. "To add the cost of that to the debt we already have, we'd basically be up a creek."
Braun-Gross and her husband have tried to get insurance before, but they don't qualify. They both work hard, and they're college educated. But because of some pre-existing conditions, including Braun-Gross' weight, insurance companies haven't wanted their business.
Obamacare will change all that. The law forbids insurance companies from rejecting people like Braun-Gross because of theirpre-existing conditions. To make that affordable, though, one of the most controversial parts of the Affordable Care Act is about to go into effect.
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