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Obamacare Enrollments Continue Piling Up In January, Now 3.3 Million
Obamacare Enrollments Continue Piling Up In January, Now 3.3 Million
Obamacare had its second-best enrollment month in January, adding more than 1 million people to its rolls, a slight but expected drop from December and much improved from the law's rough opening months.
The 1.1 million enrollments as of Feb. 1 bring the law's total to 3.3 million -- still behind its projected totals ahead of the Oct. 1 launch, which had anticipated that many sign-ups by the end of December. But after the law signed up a fraction of its expected enrollees in October and November -- before HealthCare.gov was declared fixed -- it's continued positive news for the law...According to the Washington Post's Sarah Kliff, January was the first individual month that Obamacare beat its pre-launch projected enrollment.
"These encouraging trends show that more Americans are enrolling every day, and finding quality, affordable coverage in the marketplace,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement.
Enrollment among young people ticked up slightly in January; 27 percent of enrollees were ages 18 to 34, compared to the 24 percent in October through December. About 25 percent of its sign-ups are now in that core demographic, again well behind the initial projections, but at a level that experts say should allow for the law's actuarial survival.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obamacare-enrollment-january
Obamacare had its second-best enrollment month in January, adding more than 1 million people to its rolls, a slight but expected drop from December and much improved from the law's rough opening months.
The 1.1 million enrollments as of Feb. 1 bring the law's total to 3.3 million -- still behind its projected totals ahead of the Oct. 1 launch, which had anticipated that many sign-ups by the end of December. But after the law signed up a fraction of its expected enrollees in October and November -- before HealthCare.gov was declared fixed -- it's continued positive news for the law...According to the Washington Post's Sarah Kliff, January was the first individual month that Obamacare beat its pre-launch projected enrollment.
"These encouraging trends show that more Americans are enrolling every day, and finding quality, affordable coverage in the marketplace,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement.
Enrollment among young people ticked up slightly in January; 27 percent of enrollees were ages 18 to 34, compared to the 24 percent in October through December. About 25 percent of its sign-ups are now in that core demographic, again well behind the initial projections, but at a level that experts say should allow for the law's actuarial survival.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obamacare-enrollment-january
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was an abysmal failure, bankrupting everyone in it's path and being universally rejected by Americans everywhere.
Sad, but true, particularly at an ostensibly "Democratic" website. Again, many thanks, ProSense!
I'm glad you're here too, Pro!
