Are You Ready? Vermont Health Connect, Vermont's Health Insurance Exchange, opens October 1, 2013. Vermonters will have a new way to enroll in health coverage as required by the Affordable Care Act. Ask your questions at a live forum on Thursday, October 3 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM at the Channel 17 Studio. Vermont Health Connect "navigators" from the Community Health Centers of Burlington, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, and Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security Education Fund will be on hand to answer your questions.