Obamacare 101: Seven ways you can sign up, despite Web woes

On Oct. 21, President Obama acknowledged the technical problems with the Obamacare website. Although he talked about the importance of fixing it, he also emphasized that Americans have other ways of signing up for insurance. Here are seven options you may want to know about.

6. Use the website anyway

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A computer frame grab shows the HealthCare.gov website displayed Oct. 11, 2013.

Yes, that HealthCare.gov thing remains one of your options. Obama acknowledged the problems, but said people are still using it to sign up. He offered little in the way of disclosure regarding the scope of the technical challenges or when they might be fixed.

According to some news reports, the glitches include not just an arduous experience for people trying to sign up, but also challenges for insurance companies trying to verify who is signed up and whether people’s information is accurate.

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