Health: Sick Over This Policy

I work for a local, seasonal company and get laid off in winter time. This company has a health insurance plan for full-time employees that only covers nine months (April-December), and does not include vision or dental care. The normal open enrollment period is the 1st of April on any new year. Suddenly the insurance carrier notified this employer that because of A.C.A., the open enrollment period was moved up to Dec. 1, 2013. Right now the premium for my wife and me is $938 a month, the company pays $100 a month toward this so $838 comes out of my earnings. The plan deductible is $2,000, and after the first $1,000 the company will reimburse me. Anyway, the reason given for the new enrollment period Dec. 1, 2013, is that if we wait til April 1, 2014, they will charge us double the premiums so I would have to pay $1,676 out of my earnings every month for just basic health coverage for two of us. What?! Sounds to me like the insurance companies are just turning the screws even tighter than they are now/ Harry Johnson , Spirit Lake, letter to Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

Question: Has your office health insurance been affected by Obamacare?