MIAMI (AP) — Signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act may prove more difficult this time around.
Health officials are feeling the pressure to re-enroll nearly one million Floridians from last year while recruiting new enrollees who sat it out the first time— all in a shorter time period.
Jodi Ray oversees the University of South Florida's navigator enrollment program and has more than 150 health counselors assisting consumers from Key West to Pensacola. They're expanding their outreach to healthy young adults and getting support from hospitals to target uninsured Floridians.
The second enrollment period under President Barack Obama's health law begins Saturday and runs through Feb. 15. The enrollment website www.healthcare.gov has gotten a makeover to withstand last season's peak loads and beyond.
