Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the administration's own predictions that the new health care law's online sign-up system would be ready by Oct. 1 were \"just flat out wrong.\" <\/p>\n
Sebelius told NBC's \"Meet the Press\" in an interview airing Sunday the health care website's launch was \"terribly flawed and terribly difficult.\" <\/p>\n
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She says that eight-week period was her low point of her tenure. Sebelius last week announced her resignation. She says she wanted to give President Barack Obama enough time to bring in a new health chief. <\/p>\n
Sebelius' resignation comes just a week after sign-ups for insurance coverage ended, enrolling 7.1 million people and exceeding initial expectations. <\/p>\n
Enrollment has since increased to 7.5 million as people were given extra time to complete applications. <\/p>\n
Sebelius also defended the law's impact and said millions of Americans now have access to health care because of it. <\/p>\n
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\"People have competitive choices and real information for the first time ever in this insurance market,\" said Sebelius, who last week announced her resignation. <\/p>\n
Yet she acknowledged the rocky rollout for the online sign-up system fraught with technical problems that left Americans frustrated. <\/p>\n
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