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MIAMI HERALD: Late Launch Of Spanish Healthcare Website Fuels Conservative Hispanic Campaign

With two weeks left to purchase health insurance to be effective Jan. 1, the Dept. of Health and Human Services announced the soft launch of its Spanish-language enrollment option under the Affordable Care Act. The Department is hoping to encourage enrollment through the site after January 1.

The site was originally supposed to go live on October 1, but was indefinitely delayed when technical difficulties with Healthcare.gov forced the federal agency to redirect resources away from the Spanish site in order to work on a round-the-clock debugging effort.  

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/health/2013/12/late-launch-of-spanish-healthcare-website-disappoints-hispanic-communities.html#storylink=cpy
To read the full story, go to MiamiHerald.com.

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