The first of many.
Via Politico:
The Obama administration acknowledged Tuesday that some people who think they successfully signed up for insurance under the president’s health law may not actually have the coverage in place Jan. 1 because of the tech problems with HealthCare.gov.
“We’re very excited about tomorrow but we’re vigilant,” White House health policy adviser Phil Schiliro said on MSNBC. “We don’t want anybody to have problems but we know some people will.”
He said the administration has a HealthCare.gov call line to help people who encounter problems if they try to get care or medication as soon as the coverage begins. […]
Wednesday is the first day Obamacare coverage takes effect for people who signed up by the Dec. 24 deadline, but problems with the federal Obamacare portal and error-ridden enrollment files that were sent to insurers mean it’s all but certain that some of the sign-ups may have been lost or wrongly recorded.
It’s unclear how many people will try to use their insurance before the records can be straightened out and Schiliro said he didn’t have an estimate. He stressed that the government and insurers had reached out to everyone who may be affected.