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DYLAN SCOTT APRIL 1, 2014, 10:02 AM EDT
Obamacare sign-ups were on track to hit 7 million as the clock neared midnight Monday, the deadline for enrolling in private coverage under the law.
On its own, the number is largely meaningless. The law wasn't going to succeed or fail in the long term if it hit or missed that mark, which the Congressional Budget Office originally projected enrollment would hit before saying the number would probably be lower after the law's troubled launch in October.
But the gigantic surge in Obamacare's final month does suggest something important: People must really want health insurance.
By sheer numbers, March was an unqualified success. About 2.8 million Americans signed up for coverage, 1 million more than December, the previous record month. In the last five days alone, 1 million people enrolled -- more than twice as many as enrolled in October and November combined.
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frazzled
(18,402 posts)It's going to take three or four years to get everyone who needs and/or wants health insurance signed up. It will spread to three times this number by 2016, and more after that. Large programs like this take time for people to get used to. (Also, the biggest lag has been in the Hispanic community, where there has been reluctance to sign up.)