CHICAGO (AP) — Last-minute health insurance shoppers called help lines and attended enrollment events Monday as a key deadline in the nation's new health law arrived.

While some states postponed the cutoff date, most Americans were required to sign up by Monday night to get coverage starting on Jan. 1. The HealthCare.gov website that had a disastrous, glitch-prone debut nearly three months ago ran smoothly in the morning despite the load, the government said on Twitter.

With the deadline looming, more than 1 million people visited the refurbished federal enrollment website over the weekend, and a federal call center received more than 200,000 calls. Thirty-six states rely on the federal website for enrollment.

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