Obama, under political pressure, offers fix to health care policy
By STEVE HOLLAND and SUSAN CORNWELLReuters
November 14. 2013 12:24PM
The administrative fix offered by Obama would allow insurers to offer certain health plans in 2014 that do not meet the minimum requirements of the health reform law, but require the companies to spell out how the policies are substandard and what alternatives are available.
The low figure, while expected because of technical glitches on the government website, showed how far the administration has to go to build an individual market of millions of consumers in 2014 to keep the healthcare program financially viable.