Sebelius: ObamaCare exchanges ready to launch, even with shutdown
ObamaCare's new insurance marketplaces are ready to launch as scheduled Tuesday "shutdown or no shutdown," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday.
"We're about to make some history, and I think some very positive history for lots of families," Sebelius told reporters.
Most of the funding for the healthcare law's implementation was provided in the law itself, and therefore would not be cut off if the federal government shuts down beginning Tuesday.
The HHS officials who are overseeing the launch would not be sent home during a shutdown, nor would call centers, "navigators" and other people assisting with enrollment.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/325547-sebelius-obamacare-exchanges-ready-to-launch-even-with-shutdown
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