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Deadline day brings push for health law enrolment after technical glitch on website fixed
– canadianbusiness.com
WASHINGTON – After a computer glitch was patched up, supporters of President Barack Obama’s health care law were out in force Sunday trying to get uninsured people signed up by the official deadline for 2015 coverage.
The effort had the trappings of a get-out-the-vote drive, with email reminders, telephone calls and squads of community-level volunteers.
“You can’t avoid it: TV, radio, church, wife, kids, co-workers,” said Ramiro Hernandez, a previously uninsured truck repair shop owner who enrolled himself and his family in Joliet, Illinois, on Saturday.
Technicians anxiously monitored the HealthCare.gov website for any new bugs. The administration provided no numbers on weekend sign-ups.
New York, which is running its own insurance market, announced a two-week extension for anyone who has already started an application. Federal officials had said they, too, would allow extra time for people to finish in the 37 states served by HealthCare.gov. But officials have not said how long that grace period will be…
The effort had the trappings of a get-out-the-vote drive, with email reminders, telephone calls and squads of community-level volunteers.
“You can’t avoid it: TV, radio, church, wife, kids, co-workers,” said Ramiro Hernandez, a previously uninsured truck repair shop owner who enrolled himself and his family in Joliet, Illinois, on Saturday.
Technicians anxiously monitored the HealthCare.gov website for any new bugs. The administration provided no numbers on weekend sign-ups.
New York, which is running its own insurance market, announced a two-week extension for anyone who has already started an application. Federal officials had said they, too, would allow extra time for people to finish in the 37 states served by HealthCare.gov. But officials have not said how long that grace period will be…
