WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is trying to lower expectations for strong initial enrollments under the president's historic expansion of health coverage for the medically uninsured.
Facing ongoing problems with the enrollment website, Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner told Congress on Tuesday that "we expect the initial numbers to be small."
An internal memo obtained by The Associated Press shows that the administration expected nearly 500,000 people to gain coverage just in October, the program's first month. Tavenner repeatedly declined to cite enrollment numbers, saying they will not be provided until mid-November.
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