Complaining of slow signups by people seeking insurance on the state health-insurance exchange, the Colorado exchange board pushed Monday for an overhaul to speed complex Medicaid and insurance applications. The board is worried about a looming Dec. 15 deadline for those stuck in computer purgatory.
The store that opened in September has spurred protests since the planning stages, mostly from labor groups criticizing the company's employment practices.
Computer troubles with the federal government's health insurance marketplace threaten to undermine New Mexico's goal of enrolling 84,000 individuals into health plans in the coming year, lawmakers were told Thursday.
The Obama administration has recruited engineers from several prominent technology companies to help fix the problems preventing people from signing up for government-mandated health insurance.