"Obamacare Enrollment to Surpass 7.5 Million: U.S. Official"

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Obamacare Enrollment to Surpass 7.5 Million: U.S. Official

By REUTERS at the NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/04/10/us/politics/10reuters-usa-healthcare-obama.html?smid=re-share&_r=0

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WASHINGTON — More than 7.5 million people are expected to sign up for private health coverage this year under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, the top U.S. health official said on Thursday.

The number, which surpasses the 7.1 million total Obama announced just last week, includes 400,000 people allowed to sign up for private health plans through a federal marketplace after a March 31 deadline because they had not been able to complete their enrollment applications on time.

"We expect that to continue to grow," said U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who released the latest figures during testimony before the Senate Finance Committee.

Sebelius said traffic on HealthCare.gov, the federal enrollment website for consumers in 36 states, surged to 4.8 million visitors on March 31. A federal call center received 2 million calls on that day. Fourteen state-run marketplaces also experienced a surge and are expected to add to the federal data.



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1. Even better!!!