[VerySadAmerican]

I’m confused. The deadline is Jan 1st. They extended it one day saying they must be signed up by midnight Dec 31st. Where is the one day extension?

Another thing that’s confusing is they say you have until March 31st to be enrolled. Are they saying they want all of your information by Jan 1st so they can nail your ass on Mar 31st?

[MissMagnolia]

Over the weekend, government officials and outside IT contractors working on the online marketplace’s computer system made a software change that automatically gives people a Jan. 1 start date for their new coverage as long as they enroll by 11:59 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

To get COVERAGE by Jan. 1, the old deadline was Dec. 23. Obama/HHS changed that to Dec. 24 ("11:59 p.m. on Christmas Eve") and folks will still have coverage starting Jan. 1. That is the extra 1 day. I doubt they checked with the insurance companies before doing this .... shortens their time to process information by yet another day.