# Open Enrollment on The No Agenda Show

Open Enrollment comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from October 2014 to November 2025.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** October 2014 – November 2025
- **Related topics:** [Health Insurance](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/health-insurance.md), [Affordable Care Act](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/affordable-care-act.md), [Austin](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/austin.md), [Cobra](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cobra.md), [Data Privacy](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/data-privacy.md), [Healthcare.gov](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/healthcare-gov.md), [Obamacare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/obamacare.md), [Subsidies](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/subsidies.md), [Telemarketing](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/telemarketing.md), [Wall Street](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/wall-street.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Affordable Care Act Subsidies and Small Business Impact

- **Episode:** [1813: Lunchbox](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1813-lunchbox.md)
- **Published:** 2025-11-02
- **Time:** 1:46:49–1:49:48
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1813-lunchbox/chapter/affordable-care-act-subsidies-and-small-business-impact.md

Enhanced subsidies for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are set to expire, affecting 24 million people including farmers and small business owners. The hosts argue that the "Obamacare" system is designed to benefit bankers and insurance companies rather than patients, jacking up rates to satisfy Wall Street. They suggest that the system's complexity is intended to drive independent healthcare providers out of business.

Keywords: [obamacare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/obamacare.md), [subsidies](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/subsidies.md), [open enrollment](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/open-enrollment.md), [health insurance](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/health-insurance.md), [wall street](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/wall-street.md)

### Healthcare.gov, Open Enrollment, Telemarketing Harassment

- **Episode:** [990: Skin Folk](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/990-skin-folk.md)
- **Published:** 2017-12-14
- **Time:** 1:40:15–1:44:33
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/990-skin-folk/chapter/healthcare-gov-open-enrollment-telemarketing-harassment.md

An attempt to sign up for health insurance through the federal exchange resulted in an immediate barrage of over 60 telemarketing calls from insurance brokers. The host describes how entering a phone number on Healthcare.gov led to invasive harassment from automated systems and brokers across multiple states. A live "troll" call during the segment illustrates the ongoing issue of data privacy and solicitation.

Keywords: [healthcare.gov](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/healthcare-gov.md), [open enrollment](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/open-enrollment.md), [telemarketing](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/telemarketing.md), [data privacy](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/data-privacy.md), [austin](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/austin.md)

### Health Insurance Open Enrollment, Blue Shield Paperwork Backlog

- **Episode:** [658: It's a Glitch!](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/658-it-s-a-glitch.md)
- **Published:** 2014-10-05
- **Time:** 1:38:21–1:41:27
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/658-it-s-a-glitch/chapter/health-insurance-open-enrollment-blue-shield-paperwork-backlog.md

The hosts criticize the "open enrollment" system of the Affordable Care Act as a scam that limits consumer choice. One host reports that Blue Shield of California warned of a six-week backlog in processing insurance paperwork due to ACA-related glitches. Patients are reportedly being told to keep receipts and seek emergency care in the interim.

Keywords: [affordable care act](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/affordable-care-act.md), blue shield, [open enrollment](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/open-enrollment.md), [cobra](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cobra.md), [health insurance](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/health-insurance.md)

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