Backup plan for health exchange receives final OK

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill to help people who could not enroll in a private health plan on Maryland’s health exchange website due to computer problems, sending the measure to Gov. Martin O’Malley who will sign the legislation.

The Senate voted 34-7 to adopt a change made by the House of Delegates to require the Maryland Health Insurance Plan to report to legislative panels about how enrollment is going for people who sought coverage for Jan. 1 but couldn’t get through the website in time through no fault of their own. Democratic and Republican critics of the state’s flawed health care exchange rollout have expressed frustration that they were not informed about the potential for computer problems.

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