The Washington Post is reporting on the Rocky roll out
for Obamacare: Just over 106,000 people selected insurance plans during the health care law’s first month of open enrollment, the Obama administration announced Wednesday. A huge disaster for the battered President. Approximately 27,000 of those sign-ups came from 36 states where the federal government is running the exchange, which has been beset with technical difficulties. The additional 79,000 came through the 15 marketplaces run by states and the District of Columbia.
The numbers represent a fraction of half-million health plan enrollees that the Obama administration had initially projected, before the healthcare.gov Web site’s rocky rollout thwarted many shoppers’ attempts to sign up for insurance. Budget forecasters have previously projected that 7 million people would enroll in coverage during this year’s open enrollment period, which runs until March 31.
Read more at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-committee-hears-from-technology-officials-on-health-care-exchanges/2013/11/13/91d0bc5a-4c6e-11e3-9890-a1e0997fb0c0_story.html?hpid=z1
