--- description: If you haven’t signed up and want to, here’s what you need to know. title: Deadline To Sign Up For Affordable Care Act: What You Need To Know image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdeea1fe2023aaad0/6986880513c79fe26a19153f/481125249.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Deadline Nears to Sign Up For Affordable Care Act: What You Need To Know by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 29, 2014 6:31 PM CUT  Marketplace guide Stephanie Cantres works on the Healthcare.gov federal enrollment website as she helps a resident sign up for a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act at a Westside Family Healthcare center enrollment event in Bear, Delaware, on March 27, 2014. Marketplace guide Stephanie Cantres works on the Healthcare.gov federal enrollment website as she helps a resident sign up for a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act at a Westside Family Healthcare center enrollment event in Bear, Delaware, on March 27, 2014.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 29, 2014 6:31 PM CUT The last push to get as many people signed up for the Affordable Care Act is underway, and Thursday saw sign ups hit the CBO’s projection of 6 million people. If you haven’t signed up and want to, here’s what you need to know. [Read More.](http://time.com/40743/obama-says-more-than-6-million-signed-up-for-health-care/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/42659/obamacare-deadline-affordable-care-act-signup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/42659/obamacare-deadline-affordable-care-act-signup/"},"headline":"Deadline Nears to Sign Up For Affordable Care Act: What You Need To Know","datePublished":"2014-03-29T18:31:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:02:12.683Z","description":"If you haven’t signed up and want to, here’s what you need to know.","url":"https://time.com/42659/obamacare-deadline-affordable-care-act-signup/","keywords":["Obamacare","Affordable Care Act"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdeea1fe2023aaad0/6986880513c79fe26a19153f/481125249.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdeea1fe2023aaad0/6986880513c79fe26a19153f/481125249.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obamacare's 6-Million Target Hit As Exchange Sees Visits Surge","caption":"Obamacare's 6-Million Target Hit As Exchange Sees Visits Surge","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/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/42659/obamacare-deadline-affordable-care-act-signup/","name":"Deadline Nears to Sign Up For Affordable Care Act: What You Need To Know"}}]}] ```