Sign-up Period Extended Again for Health Plan

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday that it would provide more time for people to sign up for health insurance if they could show that they missed the Tuesday deadline for applications because of problems with the federal health care website.

The Times would like to hear from Americans who have signed up for health care under the Affordable Care Act.

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In effect, the administration was stretching the deadline once again, after a last-minute surge of interest among people seeking coverage. The administration hailed what it described as “amazing interest” in new health insurance options and said the federal website alone received “two million site visits” on Monday.

The original deadline was Dec. 15 for people to sign up for coverage that takes effect in January; it was later extended by eight days. On Monday, the White House added a 24-hour grace period, to 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday.

Then on Tuesday, in another bid to expand coverage, the administration provided details of a “special enrollment period” for people who would miss the deadline.

“If you weren’t able to enroll in an insurance plan by Dec. 23 because of problems you had using HealthCare.gov, you still may be able to get coverage that starts Jan. 1,” the administration told visitors to the website. “Even though we have passed the Dec. 23 enrollment deadline for coverage starting Jan. 1, we don’t want you to miss out if you’ve been trying to enroll.

“Sometimes despite your best efforts, you might have run into delays caused by heavy traffic to HealthCare.gov, maintenance periods, or other issues with our systems that prevented you from finishing the process on time. If this happened to you, don’t worry — we still may be able to help you get covered as soon as Jan. 1.”

Republicans said the latest move showed that President Obama was desperate to increase enrollment, widely seen as a measure of the success of the health care law.

For their part, administration officials said the move was a common-sense response to heavy website traffic, which they cited as evidence of the need for more affordable insurance.

Some 48 million Americans are estimated to be uninsured.

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Why Wont Obama Sign-Up For Obama-Care? My Conspiracy Theory:

Normally, I avoid engaging in conspiracies…choosing, instead, to stick to discussions of current events in the news.

However, after discussing a related topic on another thread regarding Obamacare, a question hit me…which, I believe, led to me contemplating a possible conspiracy involving the question: WHY has Barack Obama STILL not signed up for his own signature legislation?

Yes, I know that he currently receives other (read:Better) insurance…BUT:

Shortly after Obama signed the new health care law in March 2010, a White House official said the president planned to walk the walk and sign up for the insurance exchanges his law created.

“The president will participate in the exchange,” an administration official told USA Today at the time.

AND:

President Obama has yet to make good on the administration’s promises that he would sign up for health insurance on the new government exchanges, the White House acknowledged on Monday.

White House press secretary Jay Carney said that Obama has not signed up for Obamacare and that he did have a reason for the delay.

A reporter pressed Carney on whether the White House would make it an open-press event if and when Obama does enroll.

“I’ll get back to you,” Carney replied.

From: White House: Obama hasn’t yet signed up for Obamacare
washingtonexaminer.com…

So, considering what a great publicity move it would be to call a WH photo-op and sign up; not to mention that it would inspire others to follow suit…

…WHY won’t Barack Obama SIGN UP at Healthcare.gov?

My (conspiracy) theory is simply this:
Barack Hussein Obama is AFRAID to sign up for Obamacare!

WHY?…Because he KNOWS it is not secure…and he knows that hackers will immediately get, not only his medical information…but, more importantly, hackers will gain his SS# and other private personal identification.

With this information, talented and possibly politically-motivated, hackers will be able to gain everything from his birth certificate to detailed personal financial information.

…all of which, could prove personally and/or politically damaging and embarrassing.

This, at least, is my theory. What’s your’s?

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