The Trump administration plans to shut down the federal health insurance exchange for 12 hours during all but one Sunday in the upcoming Obamacare open enrollment season. The Department of Health and Human Services will also shut down the federal exchange -- healthcare.gov -- overnight on the first day of open enrollment, Nov. 1. "Maintenance outages are regularly scheduled on healthcare.gov every year during open enrollment. This month, HHS cut her budget in half for this year's open enrollment. More than 12 million people enrolled on the state and federal marketplaces for 2017 coverage, including more than 9 million on the federal exchange.

Source: CNN September 22, 2017 22:30 UTC