The Department of Health and Human Services has announced an extension for people who had trouble purchasing insurance through the federal HealthCare.gov website, reports Politico.
The original deadline was Feb. 15, but some people can sign up through Feb. 22. Some states that run their own health insurance exchanges have implemented similar policies.
The federal government is also considering having a special enrollment period near the April 15 deadline to file taxes.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.