Trump officials decline to extend ObamaCare sign-up deadline [View all]

Source: The Hill



BY PETER SULLIVAN - 12/16/17 09:00 AM EST

The Trump administration declined to extend the ObamaCare sign-up period amid the last-minute surge of enrollees, a break with the practice under the Obama administration.

The enrollment period ended Friday at midnight. The Obama administration in previous years consistently extended the deadline for a few days to accommodate the high number of enrollees who wait until the last moment to enroll.

However, the Trump administration this year declined to give such an extension.

Officials declined to say whether there would be an extension for most of the day on Friday, but on Friday night the official healthcare.gov Twitter account wrote that there would not be.

Link to tweet