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Online PPACA enrollment delayed for small firms

Small businesses seeking to buy health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law will have to wait a couple of months before they can complete the process online, administration officials said Thursday in the latest delay of the high-stakes rollout.

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Updated on September 26, 2013
President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the Affordable Care Act, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Small businesses seeking to buy health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law will have to wait a couple of months before they can complete the process online, administration officials said Thursday in the latest delay of the high-stakes rollout.

New online health insurance markets created by the law for individuals and small businesses are scheduled to open Tuesday. Small- business owners will be able to go online, compare their options and start an application, but they won’t be able to finalize it until sometime in November. That would still allow the firms to get coverage for their employees by Jan. 1.

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