DENVER (AP) — Complaining of slow signups by people seeking insurance on the state health-insurance exchange, the Colorado exchange board pushed Monday for an overhaul to speed complex Medicaid and insurance applications. The board is worried about a looming Dec. 15 deadline for those stuck in computer purgatory.

Consumers trying to enroll in private insurance plans under the new federal health care law must fill out a lengthy Medicaid application, and then wait to be approved or denied, before moving to the next step.

If Medicaid takes its full 45-day legal limit to give a response, current buyers will miss the Dec. 15 deadline to have coverage begin or continue on Jan. 1, exchange board members warned.

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