Sebelius says ‘Come back,’ insists Obamacare website improved
By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday encouraged people looking to sign up for medical insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law to return to the government’s HealthCare.gov website, promising them a better experience. “It is far faster than it was when we first opened,” Sebelius said of the website. “The error rate is down to less than one percent and the volume capacity is continuing to be added to.” HealthCare.gov, a web portal offering subsidized private health coverage to uninsured Americans, has been at the center of a political firestorm over the technical problems that overwhelmed its October 1 launch and have plagued it ever since. On a swing through Florida to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, Sebelius said: “Come back now.