Nine more Democratic senators join Shaheen effort to extend health care enrollment deadline
Source: McClatchy
The list of Democratic senators seeking an extension of the health care open enrollment period is growing.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., first proposed the delay earlier this week, and Friday, nine other Democratic senators joined the effort.
They wrote Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, saying, "Given the existing problems with healthcare.gov and other state-run marketplace websites that depend on the federally-administered website, we urge you to consider extending open enrollment beyond the current end date of March 31, 2014.
"Extending this period will give consumers critical time in which to become familiar with the website and choose a plan that is best for them. Individuals should not be penalized for lack of coverage if they are unable to purchase health insurance due to technical problems," they wrote.
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Is anybody checking daily to see how it's working? Are people still going to be reporting problems after the problems have been fixed? I was able to go on last Sunday and create an account after having all kinds of issues for the first two weeks
