Cover Oregon looks at extending deadline

By Washington Examiner

Published December 13, 2013 5:00am ET

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Cover Oregon looks at extending deadline — Dr. Bruce Goldberg, acting head of Oregon's troubled health insurance exchange, prepares for a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at Cover Oregon's headquarters in Durham, Ore. Goldberg told reporters that thousands of Oregonians who sent in their applications by the deadline may have to go elsewhere for temporary coverage in January. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka) | Gosia Wozniacka

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s health exchange and insurance carriers are looking at extending deadlines to allow more people to get coverage starting Jan. 1, Cover Oregon’s acting director said Thursday.

The news came two days after Bruce Goldberg and Gov. John Kitzhaber acknowledged that, despite earlier promises, thousands of people who applied for coverage by a Dec. 4 deadline would not be insured by January because the state wouldn’t have enough time to process their applications.

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