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In this March 30, 2014 photo, hundreds of University of Michigan students wait outside the Michigan Union overnight for tickets to see President Barack Obama speak on campus, Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Obama plans to visit the school to discuss his proposal to raise the national minimum wage. (AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Courtney Sacco) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
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In this March 30, 2014 photo, University of Michigan student Sean Corcoran sits on a couch in Regent's Plaza as hundreds of students wait outside the Michigan Union overnight for tickets to see President Barack Obama speak on campus, Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Obama plans to visit the school to discuss his proposal to raise the national minimum wage. (AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Courtney Sacco) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
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In this March 30, 2014 photo, University of Michigan students Madeleine Tayer and Andy Gong sit back to back on their laptops as hundreds of students wait outside the Michigan Union overnight for tickets to see President Barack Obama speak on campus, Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Obama plans to visit the school to discuss his proposal to raise the national minimum wage. (AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Courtney Sacco) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
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Jarvis Dortch, Esq., program manager and staff attorney for the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program says his staff is working by phone and in person to help state residents apply for coverage through a federally run health insurance website Monday, March 31, 2014 in Jackson, Miss. Dortch says federal figures show roughly 32,000 Mississippi residents had enrolled in coverage through mid-March. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Elizabeth Rich points to a web page for the Affordable Care Act as she helps people sign up for health insurance at Swope Health Services Monday, March 31, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. Today is the deadline to sign up for an Affordable Health Care insurance plan however, people who begin the enrollment process but aren't able to complete it by 11:59 p.m. because of a system issue may qualify for a special provision that will allow them to enroll after Monday night. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Ibrahim Hassan, left, a navigator at the Somali Health Solutions office, wraps up MNsure health insurance marketplace enrollment for Ahmed Ali of Hopkins, while another client waits his turn, Monday, March 31, 2014, in Minneapolis. The call center for Minnesota's online health insurance marketplace strained Monday under a crush of people trying to beat the midnight Monday deadline for open enrollment, while residents lined up to take advantage of locations offering in-person help. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jeff Wheeler)
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An applicant, second from right, is given assistance during a health care enrollment event at the Bay Area Rescue Mission, Monday, March 31, 2014, in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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SEIU-UHW worker Kathy Santana, left , assists Ruben Torres, 27, during a health care enrollment event at SEIU-UHW office, Monday, March 31, 2014, in Commerce, Calif. Monday is the deadline to sign up for private health insurance in the new online markets created by President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner says he won't bring a Senate bill that would fund federal unemployment-compensation benefits up for a vote in his chamber. He insists it include job-creation measures.
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Teresa Holmer, left, a health care navigator for the Shawnee County, Kan., Health Agency, counsels Topeka resident Tamika Terry about obtaining insurance coverage, Monday, March 31, 2014, at the public library in Topeka, Kan. Terry works for the U.S. Postal Service but hasn't yet qualified for federal benefits and is looking for coverage to tide her over. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Julie Koenig, left, a health care application counselor for the Shawnee County, Kan., Health Agency, works with Tecia Ramos, center, and her son, Andrew, right, during an appointment, Monday, March 31, 2014, at the public library in Topeka, Kan. The appointment was ahead of the deadline for Americans to enroll in coverage under the federal health care overhaul. (AP Photo/John Hanna)