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Health insurance enrollment deadline extended till Monday

Source: https://washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2016/12/15/6b949e9a-c339-11e6-9a51-cd56ea1c2bb7_story.html?utm_term=.843b2dc1e20d - Dec 16, 2016

Federal health officials announced Thursday night that they have extended the deadline for consumers to sign up for Jan. 1 coverage through Affordable Care Act marketplaces, giving them until the end of Monday night to enroll.

The announcement marked the second consecutive year that federal officials granted insurance-seekers a little extra time beyond the Dec. 15 deadline. Kevin Counihan, chief executive of the ACA’s Health Insurance Marketplace within the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, attributed the decision to “extraordinary volume of consumers” contacting call centers or visiting HealthCare.gov, the website for the federal insurance exchange.

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