Julianna Goldman

Kathleen Sebelius, the U.S. health secretary who steered the troubled rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, will resign just as the program topped its first-year enrollment goal, according to two people familiar with the decision.

More people signed up for Obamacare health plans in the first two days of December than in all of October after the U.S. government rehabilitated its error-prone insurance-exchange website.

The preliminary November numbers reflect individuals who successfully selected a plan. The administration expects that most consumers will sign up early next year.

A behind the scenes look at how President Barack Obama is monitoring the ACA website situation as the Nov. 30 deadline to fix it fast approaches.

After the vice presidential debate in which Joe Biden challenged Paul Ryan on health care and taxes, experts say President Obama needs to take a similar stance tonight and go on the offensive, laying out clear contrasts with Mitt Romney and making the kind of personal connection with voters that helped him win four years ago.