Admitting the obvious.
Via Noah Rothman:
On Monday, Assistant to the President and Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieriappeared on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell Reportsfill-in anchor Kristen Welker to discuss the White House’s latest delay of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate to purchase insurance. On Monday, the administration delayed the deadline to purchase insurance in order to receive coverage by January 1 from December 23 to December 24. Palmieri said, however, that it would be “dangerous” to consider the deadline to be moved to Christmas Eve.
“Are you concerned this adds to the perception that this law — that you’re changing it as you go along and that it’s not ready for prime time?” Welker asked.
“No,” Palmieri replied. “We’re just trying to make sure everyone who wants to get enrolled to be covered by January 1 is able to do that.”
She added that HealthCare.gov has experienced “record amounts of traffic” on Monday and that they are attempting to “add a cushion on the backend” so that users who cannot be accommodated by the website have the chance to enroll in insurance.