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HHS to consider moving Dec. 23 enrollment deadline, asks insurers for concessions
Source: CNBC
The Obama Administration on Thursday announced a new series of measures and suggestions to insurers as it sought to make sure that as many people as possible are covered by health insurance on Jan. 1 despite the botched rollout of Obamacare.
Administrations officials also warned they may again extend the Dec. 23 deadline for enrolling in Obamacare insurance plans for the start of the new year should "exceptional circumstances pose barriers to customers enrolling by that date" via HealthCare.gov and other government-run health exchanges, which have seen drastically fewer numbers of people sign up for those plans than originally projected.
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101268945