To avoid a tax penalty, you can sign up for coverage anytime up until mid-February. And if you want coverage beginning on Jan. 1, you don’t have to be signed up until Dec. 15.
So one option is just to wait awhile. The website woes may get patched up, or it’s conceivable the deadlines could shift.
Other articles in the Monitor's Obamacare 101 series:
• What happens starting Oct. 1?
• What to know if you already have health insurance
• How the federal subsidy works
• What to know if you opt out of buying health insurance
• What owners of small businesses need to know
• When will the enrollment glitches be fixed?
• What college students need to know
• Enroll by March 31 to avoid penalty, White House clarifies
