Volume 383, Issue 9912, 11 January 2014
WORLD REPORT Coverage kicked in for millions of Americans on Jan 1 under the Affordable Care Act while officials urged others to enrol before the 2014 sign-up deadline.Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
The Obama Administration faces what might be its most daunting challenge under the law: making sure an untested programme functions—will newly insured patients be able to get medical treatment or fill prescriptions?—while continuing to encourage people to sign up before the March 31 deadline for 2014 coverage, guaranteeing that the upgraded online sign up system keeps pace with demand, and fighting the latest lawsuit and political attack as the 2014 mid-term election campaign heats up. [MORE] [PDF]