The Obama administration has said that it has extended a deadline for health insurance under Obamacare, giving consumers shopping on HealthCare.gov an extra day, until Dec. 24, to pick plans to kick in for coverage beginning Jan. 1.
“The deadline for signing up for coverage to start January 1 is today,” said Julie Bataille, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for the website.
“Anticipating high demand and the fact that consumers may be enrolling from multiple time zones, we have taken steps to make sure that those who select a plan through tomorrow will get coverage for January 1,” Chicago Tribune quoted her as saying in a statement.
President Barack Obama completed a “symbolic” signup for a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act over the weekend in advance of Monday’s deadline, the White House said.
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