Feds extend health care enrollment period

(Photo by Lisa Phu, KTOO – Juneau)
The federal government has extend an important deadline for people who need individual health insurance in 2016. High demand on healthcare.gov prompted officials to extend the deadline for coverage that takes effect Jan. 1.
Health insurance shoppers now have until 11 p.m. Alaska time on Dec. 17 to buy a health plan that begins the first day of the new year.
The open enrollment period lasts until the end of January, but customers who bu