Health Care Reform Rep. Jan Schakowsky: The Affordable Care Act’s Successful First Enrollment Period by Gary Kopycinski on April 1, 2014 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Health Care Reform: Governor Newsom Announces Affordable CalRx® Insulin, $11 a Pen, Will Soon Be Available for Purchase October 19, 2025 How the Government Shutdown Is Hitting the Health Care System – and What the Battle Over ACA Subsidies Means October 4, 2025 Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress. November 23, 2024 Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2014. The success of the open enrollment period truly shows Americans’ desperate need for access to affordable healthcare.