Bad Timing: HealthCare.gov Goes Down on Day Before Deadline

HealthCare.gov was down for approximately five hours on the last day to enroll to Obama's health care reform plan

The site's online application was unavailable from about 3 a.m to 8 a.m. ET, according to CNBC. The site is now back up and running, but this is the latest hiccup in Obama's embattled health care online marketplace website, which has experienced technical issues since day one.

"HealthCare.gov marketplace application and enrollment system is currently unavailable," the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement on early Monday morning, according to CNBC. "The tech team is working now to bring the system online as soon as possible." Read more...