Earlier this week we reported that Healthcare.gov was experiencing unprecedented traffic in advance of the December 15 deadline to get coverage that would be effective for January 1, 2016. In response to this demand, CMS has extended the deadline to enroll until December 17th at 11:59 PST. To read the Healthcare.gov alert, click here.

To read our news item from earlier this week which included the CMS statement on “waiting in line,” click here.