House Speaker John Boehner lashed out at the Obama administration on Wednesday for issuing the latest in a long series of Affordable Care Act delays, giving prospective enrollees another half-month to signup for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act website, healthcare.gov. 'What the hell is this, a joke?' an incredulous Boehner said during his regular Wednesday press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. He said the White House has been reduced to treating the law's March 31 regulatory deadline as a formality – 'another deadline rendered meaningless,'  he mocked – allowing weeks of extra time for Americans who claim they tried in earnest to sign up before the deadline.
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The Health and Human Services Department is allowing Americans who use healthcare.gov to blow off the March 31 enrollment deadline
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Republicans of all stripes are reacting with contempt, saying the president and his staff are breaking the law and defying Congress
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Just check a box and say you tried to sign up for Obamacare before March 31, and the system will give you a few more weeks
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The Obama administration has pulled out all the stops to boost its numbers before the six-month open enrollment period ends
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The White House has repeatedly lowered expectations by shifting its target numbers – and by delaying talking about how many have paid for coverage
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