Open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act is now underway, according to an ABC News report published November 1, 2026. The outlet's summary says people signing up for health insurance coverage under the Act for 2027 should expect "higher premiums and fewer options."

PBS NewsHour also covered the enrollment period in a story headlined "What to know about the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period," written by Fatima Hussein of the Associated Press and published November 2, 2026. Its summary says people signing up for 2027 coverage should expect higher premiums and fewer options, the same expectation ABC News described.

The two reports differ on timing. ABC News described the period as now underway, while PBS NewsHour reported that the enrollment period starts Sunday and ends in mid-January. The summaries do not reconcile the two descriptions, and neither ABC News nor PBS NewsHour gives a calendar date in its summary.

Neither ABC News nor PBS NewsHour, in the summaries of their reports, gives figures for premiums or a count of the options available for 2027. Both describe the change in the same terms, higher premiums and fewer options.

The two reports also differ in authorship. ABC News's report lists no author, while PBS NewsHour credits Fatima Hussein of the Associated Press. ABC News published its report on November 1, 2026, and PBS NewsHour published its report on November 2, 2026.

Neither report, as summarized, includes direct quotations from officials, insurers, or enrollees. ABC News and PBS NewsHour each frame the story around what people signing up for 2027 coverage should expect.

Sources: ABC News: What to know about the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period now underway; PBS NewsHour: What to know about the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period.