HHS Waits To Decide On Tax-Filing Special Enrollment Period While Touting Final Enrollment Figures

HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell said Wednesday (Feb. 18) that the department is still weighing whether to create a special enrollment period for those who file their taxes after Feb. 15 and realize they will be penalized for failing to buy health coverage for 2014, but this week officials were busy touting enrollment figures in the wake of the Feb. 15 enrollment deadline. Lawmakers and consumer advocates have pushed the Obama administration to issue a SEP for Americans who were unaware...