Obama has yet to enroll in health insurance under Affordable Care Act The White House said Monday that President Obama has yet to sign up for health insurance through a federal website created by his signature health care law. "The president will purchase insurance on the exchanges," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters. When we have an update on that, we'll provide it to you. Carney, who has been asked the president's plans at least once since enrollment in ObamaCare started Oct. 1, pointed out the deadline is not until March 31. Obama is not required to enroll through an online exchange like members of Congress and staffers who want to keep insurance through their employer, the federal government. Republicans and other critics of ObamaCare were quick to criticize the president, considering enrollment is behind projections, largely because of glitches on the HealthCare.gov and some state-run exchanges. "It must be a technical problem, because surely the president can afford the higher costs he'll have to pay," said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner.