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By David Morgan, October 9, 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Obama administration officials said an improved HealthCare.gov website should be able to break its own record for online traffic next month, when consumers begin using the site to enroll in private health insurance for 2015.
Andrew Slavitt, a top U.S. official working to implement the law known as Obamacare, said the goal for traffic capacity is “significantly more than on the highest peak day.” That peak day was March 31, the last official day for 2014 enrollments, when the site handled more than 125,000 users at a time, for a total daily volume of 4.8 million visitors.
The goal suggests growing confidence among administration officials that the new three-month open enrollment period for 2015, which begins Nov. 15, will not see a repeat of last year’s botched rollout, when HealthCare.gov crashed on launch and brought President Barack Obama’s presidency and his signature domestic policy to the brink of political crisis.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Obama administration officials said an improved HealthCare.gov website should be able to break its own record for online traffic next month, when consumers begin using the site to enroll in private health insurance for 2015.
Andrew Slavitt, a top U.S. official working to implement the law known as Obamacare, said the goal for traffic capacity is “significantly more than on the highest peak day.” That peak day was March 31, the last official day for 2014 enrollments, when the site handled more than 125,000 users at a time, for a total daily volume of 4.8 million visitors.
The goal suggests growing confidence among administration officials that the new three-month open enrollment period for 2015, which begins Nov. 15, will not see a repeat of last year’s botched rollout, when HealthCare.gov crashed on launch and brought President Barack Obama’s presidency and his signature domestic policy to the brink of political crisis.
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