This was measured using debt held by the public.. However, this number excludes state and local debt. According to the OECD, general government gross debt (federal, state, and local) in the United States in the third quarter of 2012 was $16.3 trillion, 108% of GDP.
The Obamacare open enrollment period for 2017 plans is scheduled to begin on November 1, 2016 and is scheduled to end on January 31, 2017. During open enrollment you cannot be turned down for major medical coverage for not having certain qualifying life events.
And it's important that we don't pretend that somehow that's a place that we're going back to.. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act sets enumerates certain essential health benefits that must take effect on Jan. 1, 2014. We cannot 'fix' Obamacare. The damage has been done.