--- ---  # Obamacare's Last Week of Signups: What You Need To Know  by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Mar 24, 2014 9:44 PM UTC  The Healthcare.gov website is displayed on laptop computers arranged for a photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013\. The race to construct an online insurance exchange by Oct. 1 spurred the Obama administration to use an expedited bidding system that limited its choice of a builder to just four companies, including CGI Group Inc. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Healthcare.gov website is displayed on laptop computers arranged for a photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013\. The race to construct an online insurance exchange by Oct. 1 spurred the Obama administration to use an expedited bidding system that limited its choice of a builder to just four companies, including CGI Group Inc. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAndrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Mar 24, 2014 9:44 PM UTC We’re a few days away from the biggest Obamacare deadline yet. President Barack Obama has[ been making](http://time.com/31679/ellen-degeneres-selfie-barack-obama/) [a final push](http://time.com/35927/obama-quora-affordable-care-act/) for health insurance enrollment because Monday, March 31 is the last day to buy individual health care plans under the Affordable Care Act. Most Americans must be enrolled in health coverage by next Monday or pay a penalty under the new law. More than 5 million people have enrolled in private health insurance under the Affordable Care Act since open enrollment began on October 1, the Obama administration [said](http://news.yahoo.com/u-administration-says-obamacare-enrollment-tops-5-million-001926702--sector.html) last week. Millions of uninsured Americans were expected to receive coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through private marketplaces and an expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor. However, as the deadline to sign up for HealthCare.gov looms, many will remain uninsured,[ the Associated Press reports.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/obamacare-uninsured%5Fn%5F5016432.html) Watch the video above for details. Obamacare's Last Week of Signups: What You Need to Know ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/36118/obamacare-sign-up-affordable-care-act/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/36118/obamacare-sign-up-affordable-care-act/"},"headline":"Obamacare's Last Week of Signups: What You Need To Know","datePublished":"2014-03-24T21:44:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:56:15.604Z","description":"March 31 is the date to circle on your health insurance calendar","url":"https://time.com/36118/obamacare-sign-up-affordable-care-act/","keywords":["Obamacare","health insurance","Affordable Care Act","Obama","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5643a16ed449ce62/69868702adae449bae5421ef/187238630.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5643a16ed449ce62/69868702adae449bae5421ef/187238630.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obamacare Expedited Bid Process Limited Who Could Build Website","caption":"Obamacare Expedited Bid Process Limited Who Could Build Website","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/obamacare/","name":"Obamacare"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/36118/obamacare-sign-up-affordable-care-act/","name":"Obamacare's Last Week of Signups: What You Need To Know"}}]}] ```