Enrollees in the federal Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan will have another month to stay there while they search for PPACA coverage, the Obama administration announced Friday.

Sick patients on the temporary health plan now can buy an additional month of PCIP coverage through April 30.

The one-month extension is the program's third, and the latest delay for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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