Officials extend deadline for health insurance — 4 points

After heavy traffic of the HealthCare.gov website, federal officials extended the deadline for health insurance with a Jan. 1 start date by two days, according to The Tennessean.

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Here are four points:

1. Hundreds of thousands of people were successful in signing up for health insurance.

2. Nearly 1 million individuals left their contact information for follow-ups after experiencing long queue times on the phone and website.

3. Under the extension, shoppers have until 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Dec. 17, or 1:59 a.m. Dec. 18 Central time to sign up.

4. On Monday, more than one-third of shoppers bought insurance on a mobile device.

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