Healthcare

For What It’s Worth

Personally I don’t think it will make much of a difference, but for what it’s worth the Obama administration has granted an extension until March 31 to sign up for health insurance without facing a penalty.

The previous deadline was mid-February.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With website woes ongoing, the Obama administration Monday granted a six-week extension until March 31 for Americans to sign up for coverage next year and avoid new tax penalties under the president’s health care overhaul law. [...]

Under the latest policy change, people who sign up by the end of open enrollment season on March 31 will not face a penalty. That means procrastinators get a grace period.

By the time this actually takes effect, “glitches” and other memes will have long since been forgotten.

In the mean time this should silence at least a handful of people who’ve set their hair on fire, right?

Who am I kidding?

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