When the online health insurance marketplace healthcare.gov opened on October 1st, it received millions of visits in the first day. The rush of interest created glitches and long waits for prospective insurance buyers, but administration officials say they may be victims of their own success. Has the exchange overcome its technical glitches? How has it performed overall on its first week of business?
Guests: Cecilia Muñoz, Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council, The White House, Washington, DC, http://www.whitehouse.gov; Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, Director of Health Equity, Families USA, Washington, DC, www.familiesusa.org
ALSO, FEDERAL SHUTDOWN. The federal government continues in shutdown mode, forcing more than 800,000 employees off the job and closing services such as national parks and museums, veterans and women programs. Republicans insist in defunding or delaying Obamacare in exchange for funding the federal budget. While Congress remains bitterly divided over how to overcome the budget impasse, another deadline nears later this month: raising the nation’s debt ceiling. We analyze the news with a seasoned reporter.
Guest: David Brooks, Correspondent, La Jornada, New York, NY, http://www.jornada.unam.mx/
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