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Tuesday Night Is The Deadline To Enroll In ObamaCare

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Martha Lucia (left) sits with Rudy Figueroa, an insurance agent from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors, as she picks an insurance plan available in the third year of the Affordable Care Act at a setup in the Mall of the Americas in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Martha Lucia (left) sits with Rudy Figueroa, an insurance agent from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors, as she picks an insurance plan available in the third year of the Affordable Care Act at a setup in the Mall of the Americas in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

If you want health insurance through the Affordable Care Act for Jan. 1, 2016, the deadline to sign up is midnight.

Those who decline health insurance will receive a penalty, unless they qualify for an exemption, and this year, the fine will roughly double.

Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News updates Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson on this year's enrollment and why some are still paying the penalties.

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This segment aired on December 15, 2015.

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