The website for insurance through the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, still wasn’t allowing anyone to log in and register Wednesday, stymieing those trying to help the public.

Dianne Shipley, with the Sarasota County Health Department, said Wednesday staff members have deferred people coming to them for help while the Health Insurance Marketplace website — www.healthcare.gov — is inoperative, swamped with millions of visits. The site offers those eligible an online database of available health plans in their communities.