Obamacare signups fall 4% this year to 8.5 million amid uncertainty about future of health law
December 19, 2018 at 15:17 PM EST
Open enrollment, which began Nov. 1, closed Saturday across most of the country. People who didn't sign up for an Obamacare plan by the end of open enrollment won't be able to obtain coverage until the fall of 2019, unless they have a so-called qualifying life event such as getting married or having a child.