Also about the new health care law, despite all the TV commercials about the "Open Enrollment Period" I just knew a moment ago that, except for some special reasons, if you don't obtain insurance during that period you cannot obtain one until the next "Open Enrollment Period", even if you just want that insurance for your own use and don't care about it being recognized by the government and don't mind paying the penalty fee. I am not going to argue about the validity of such law here. I just want to ask what kind of monkey run show would convey the meaning of "Open Enrollment Period" the way it was conveyed and without emphasizing the fact I mentioned above?  And why call it "Open Enrollment Period"? Why not calling it Permitted Enrollment Period or even better Permitted Health Insurance Acquiring Period? The difference of the use of the word "open" from the word "permitted" here is that the later restrict understanding to yes for enrollment during the period which suggests no for outside the period without confusing the meaning because of varying level of openness. Actually, since you not only will be unable to obtain insurance later but you also have to pay a penalty for not having insurance, it could have also better called Mandatory Enrollment Period.