With this year 's goal for enrollment in Obamacare seemingly out of grasp and the President under renewed partisan attack over the program , an official key to implementing it has resigned . Gary Cohen leads the agency that made many of the rules for the Affordable Care Act and established the Marketplaces , where Americans can buy health insurance through Obamacare , including Healthcare.gov , according to a statement Wednesday announcing his departure . The Marketplaces came under fire , when they crashed massively upon rollout . Cohen will vacate the post of Director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight after March 31 . That 's the day open enrollment runs out , and with a goal of 6 million signups , the ACA has only 4 million on the books so far . February saw 700,000 new enrollments , and to meet its goal , Obamacare would have to garner a record monthly number of new enrollees . The agency statement did not mention a reason for Cohen 's departure but indicated that family matters may have something to do with it . He will be replaced by physician Mandy Cohen , who is currently serving in another leadership position at the CCIIO . A Republican lawmaker latched onto data from a recently released ACA report to beat up Obama once more . Rep. Ann Wagner , R-Missouri , cited a `` quietly-released report '' from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , the agency over the CCIIO , that claimed 11 million people would face higher premiums because of the healthcare law . The CCIIO is also responsible for implementing measures concerning private health insurance . Wagner repeated past accusations that Obama mislead the public over ACA 's costs . `` It 's another slap in the face to our already hurting middle class , '' she said . Obama countered , saying that , despite the `` disruptions '' in the ACA 's rollout - including the much-maligned website debacle - the law is a success . The President also said that the Republican fixation on blockading the law 's progress bordered on farce . House passes 50th bill to undo Obamacare . You can keep your old health plan until 2016 .
Gary Cohen leads the agency that that made many of the rules for the Affordable Care Act . He led the creation of the online Marketplaces for open data . California 's signature healthcare program has a goal of 6 million enrollments for 2010 . It currently has 5 million and would need a record number of enrollments to make the goal .