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Learning from PPACA's first-year struggles, HHS Secretary Burwell declined to say directly whether the project is on schedule for next years open sign-up period that begins on Nov. 15.

Narrow networks, as a concept, is racing through the U.S. health care system, largely in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

A Bloomberg Government analysis of contracts related to PPACA found costs for the site far surpassed the government's estimate of $834 million.

The number of participating carriers will increase by 25 percent this year, federal health officials said this week.

Lower premiums do not guarantee the SHOP marketplace will succeed, researchers say.

Nearly half of those who remain uninsured have still not heard of the individual mandate, and 43 percent have not heard of the exchanges where they may be eligible to purchase health insurance.