And who said it wouldn’t work?
Though the Obamacare marketplace got off to a rocky start in October, there’s some pretty undeniable proof that the system is now working. Numbers from the Department of Health and Human Services show that nearly 1.2 million people are on track to have health coverage come January.
From Oct. 1 through Nov. 30, almost 365,000 people enrolled into private health insurance via the federal and state marketplaces and more than 803,000 were deemed eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, according to the department.
The federally run exchanges in more than 30 states accounted for 137,000 of the enrollments in private coverage, and the remaining states signed up 227,000. About 1.9 million more people had been determined eligible for coverage through the marketplaces, but hadn’t yet chosen a health plan. The new data doesn’t include an apparent flurry of enrollments in the early days of December.
And despite the critics and a few glitches here and there, the portal to health coverage, HealthCare.gov, is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do…
Enabling customers to shop for insurance and sign up for health benefits.
To get covered, visit HealthCare.gov to shop for a plan that fits your needs.
SOURCE: Huffington Post | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
