(Wonkblog) Obamacare bummer ”” enrollment drops off in February

About 4.2 million people have signed up for health plans on Obamacare exchanges through the end of February, making it unlikely that the Obama administration will hit lowered enrollment estimates in the program’s first year.

Whatever momentum was building in January appeared to drop off in February, as the number of sign ups fell below the administration’s expectations. The numbers — which were released a day before Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on the Hill — also show young people aren’t enrolling at rates officials had predicted. That group is key because they are generally presumed to be healthier and less costly.

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One comment on “(Wonkblog) Obamacare bummer ”” enrollment drops off in February

  1. Milton Finch says:

    Extreme cost causes extreme logging off from the rip off tool.