Obama to give health insurers extra month to set 2015 rates

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA plans to give health insurers an extra month to set 2015 rates under the Affordable Care Act. The enrollment period previous scheduled to begin Oct. 15, 2014, will not start Nov. 15, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services official. / BLOOMBERG PHOTO/JOSHUA ROBERTS
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA plans to give health insurers an extra month to set 2015 rates under the Affordable Care Act. The enrollment period previous scheduled to begin Oct. 15, 2014, will not start Nov. 15, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services official. / BLOOMBERG PHOTO/JOSHUA ROBERTS
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration plans to push back by a month the second-year start of enrollment in its health program to give insurers more time to adjust to growing pains in the U.S. law, a move that may stave off higher premiums before the 2014 congressional elections. The enrollment period, previously scheduled to begin…

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