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Don’t Feel Bad, Healthcare.gov. WhiteHouse.gov Is Wrong, Too.

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Don’t feel bad, Healthcare.gov. WhiteHouse.gov has its own problems, too. Right now, the countdown clock on the White House website says there are 16 more days to enroll in Obamacare . . . except that the minutes tick down every second, and the second area is blank:

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Of course, with the deadline really shifted to mid-April, as long as an applicant claims that he tried to buy insurance before April 1, maybe the 16-day count is more accurate . . . 

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