Obamacare gains steam

Obamacare gains steam

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A total of more than 1 million people have enrolled since Oct. 1, Obama said at his end-of-the-year press conference. That’s a jump from Nov. 30 when just 365,000 had signed up for private insurance in the new federal and state markets offering subsidized coverage.

“That is a big deal,” Obama said of getting coverage for uninsured people. “That’s why I ran for this office.”
Separately, officials said 3.9 million people have qualified for government health care through the law’s Medicaid expansion. Even so, it’s too early to say that the health care rollout has turned the corner.

HealthCare.gov was down for part of the day Friday, as technicians attempted to fix an error that occurred Thursday night when the site was undergoing routine maintenance, officials explained.