Enrollment

The press wonders why HHS suddenly gave out "good news" interim numbers.

MNsure could meet enrollment targets, but it's had trouble paying agents and navigators.

The tally reflects 800,000 new sign ups so far in January, adding to the 2.2 million who enrolled from Oct. 1 through December.

A Missouri law requiring licenses for counselors who help consumers find health insurance on the exchanges was temporarily blocked by a U.S. judge, setting back a measure by a state hostile to the federal health- care overhaul statute.

Residents can help spouses, in-laws and close blood relatives -- but not cousins -- without special training.

One section could reduce the penalty for families that refuse to comply.