[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.

[Jim Robinson]

Obama = Scrooge. Sheesh. Yanking your economic freedom on Christmas! The godless communist bastard!