Obamacare Sign-Ups Top 600k in First Week
The government says more than 600,000 people signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage in the first week of open enrollment season, and nearly 8 in 10 of those were current customers renewing their coverage.
About 23 percent were new consumers, according to figures released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
So far, sign-ups seem to be running about the same pace as last year, despite Trump administration cutbacks in advertising and enrollment assistance for consumers. The numbers cover the period Nov 1-4.
The HealthCare.gov website serving 39 states is running smoothly.
Open enrollment ends much earlier this year, on Dec. 15.
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