I know people having access to healthcare pisses off the Repubs more than anything but this is just devastating news. Dave is probably going to beat some children up tonight, Russ is jumping in his foxhole with BFL to cry, and Sheriff Joe just crushed his purple flower field and closed his gay dating site account down. This is the kind of news that causes Repubs to flip shit. They hate success!!
[h=2]More than 6 million people have signed up for Obamacare, as a crush of people raced to get health insurance before the March 31 deadline.[/h]
http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/27/news/economy/obamacare-signups/index.html
[h=2]More than 6 million people have signed up for Obamacare, as a crush of people raced to get health insurance before the March 31 deadline.[/h]
President Obama announced the milestone Thursday in a call with enrollment counselors and outreach volunteers, who are undertaking an intense marketing drive in the final days of open enrollment. There were more than 1.5 million visits to HealthCare.gov and more than 430,000 calls to the call centers on Wednesday.
Those who've started theapplication by next Monday but are unable to finish because of technical issues will receive more time to complete the process, officials have said.
Reaching 6 million is a symbolic victory for the Obama administration following the botched launch in October.
It is short of the initial goal of 7 million, which was based on a projection by the Congressional Budget Office and adopted by the administration. But it shows considerable gains from the first month when just 106,000 people had signed up.
Last month, the CBO revised its projection down to 6 million.
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But just how many people fully enroll in the program this year remains to be seen. The latest figures reflect those picking plans, not paying their premiums. Only those who pay their first month's premium are considered enrolled, while those who don't pay have their policy selections canceled.
Insurers have said that the share of people sending in payments is in the 80% range.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/27/news/economy/obamacare-signups/index.html