Obama Health Care Law Posts Respectable Sign-up Season
Source: ABC News
Still facing political jeopardy, President Barack Obama's health care law beat expectations by earning solid sign-ups this year, according to figures released Thursday by the administration.
About 12.7 million people signed up for individual private insurance policies or renewed their coverage for 2016, said Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. That means Republicans running in this year's elections may find it harder to deliver on their promise of repeal, while Democrats may yet be able to tap the newly insured as a voting constituency.
The health care law "is helping millions of people and has become an important part of health care in America," Burwell said. The coverage "is a product people do want and need."
Expectations were low at the start of open enrollment on Nov. 1. Premiums have been going up, and many of the remaining uninsured are considered skeptics.
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but...but...but...Obamacare killed 2 million jobs!!!!111
oh - wait...
