Obamacare Take 2: What Works and What Needs Fixing

Will the site work? Are the premiums higher? Here's what to consider going into the next enrollment period.
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The second round of HealthCare.gov enrollments began on Saturday, giving President Barack Obama's administration a chance to redeem itself from last year’s humiliation.

So far, enrollment is going leaps and bounds better than it did last year. According to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 23,000 people filled out applications during the first eight hours of enrollment.