Reuters is reporting the Obama administration has pushed back yet another deadline.
This one is for federal exchange plan issuers and when their final agreements are due to the feds.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier had said it would have the "qualified health plan" issuers sign the final agreements between Sept. 5 and Sept. 9. But that deadline has been pushed back until mi-September.
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HHS officials told Reuters they still expect the federal exchanges to open Oct. 1. The coverage sold from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 would kick in Jan. 1.
HHS officials were not immediately available for comment.
Reuters said HHS wants to give companies more time to handle "technical requests."
Earlier, officials in Oregon said their exchange will wait to open their website until sometime after Oct. 1. The Oregon exchange will begin enrolling consumers manually.
Officials at the Covered California exchange also have talked about the possibility of starting out with a manual registration process.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
