Tue Oct 1, 2013 AT 6:00 AM EDT
The ObamaCare exchanges officially begin today, reports the Wall Street Journal, but the law today looks a lot different than the one President Obama signed into law nearly four years ago. At the same time, the federal government will be shut down for the first time in nearly two decades, reports the New York Times. NPR list the 8 Things You Need to Know About a Gov’t Shutdown.