The push, including by many Democratic senators, to extend the Obamacare open enrollment period past the currently scheduled end date of March 31 seems to make intuitive sense: If people haven’t been able to enroll on the front end because of the problems with HealthCare.gov, then give them more time to enroll on the back end.
But it’s a lot more complicated than that, primarily for financial and actuarial reasons, and the insurance industry is launching a lobbying effort to prevent it from happening. Dylan Scott reports.
