Obamacare boasts biggest day ever Thursday on HealthCare.gov

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

More people signed up for insurance on HealthCare.gov on Thursday than any time since the launch of the Affordable Care Act exchanges three years ago, President Obama announced Friday.

More than 670,000 people signed up for coverage ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline for Jan. 1 coverage. And that's despite the fact about 1 million people had to leave their contact information as they couldn't get on the site. About 600,000 people signed up last year on Dec. 15.

The traffic jam prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to announce late Thursday that the deadline for enrollment on the federal exchange was extended until 11:59 PM PST on Dec. 19. HealthCare.gov handles enrollment for 38 states. Deadlines for state exchanges vary, but several allow enrollment for Jan. 1 coverage for a few more days.

Signups rose steadily this week. On Monday, more than 325,000 Americans selected plans on HealthCare.gov. On Tuesday, more than 380,000 Americans selected plans on HealthCare.gov, marking two of the biggest days in HealthCare.gov history.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/16/obamacare-boasts-biggest-day-ever-thursday-healthcaregov/95523966/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=obama&utm_content=2+-+Read+full+article&utm_campaign=em_x_tt_20161218_x_x_ofa_ttnew&source=em_x_tt_20161218_x_x_ofa_ttnew&refcode=em_x_tt_20161218_x_x_ofa_ttnew

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. One can only hope that all of those people

will vocally oppose the Repubs' efforts to do away with Obamacare. Especially those who voted for the Cheeto.

[J_William_Ryan]

2. The problem for Republicans

is if they were to enact their own healthcare reform, it would be the ACA.

The right’s unwarranted opposition to the ACA has little to do with the Act’s merits and all to do with the Democratic president who signed it into law.

[mobeau69]

5. Except no mandate with their "plan". Bahahahahaha!

[DallasNE]

3. A Likely Outcome Of Trump Getting Elected President

A lot of these additional people are probably healthy people that planned on paying the fine rather than getting insurance but decided they had better grandfather themselves into ACA coverage before it was too late.

[Cha]

4. Thanks for posting this, Yo

[IronLionZion]

6. This might be what saves it

the rush to sign up to avoid Trump's cuts might prove it is popular enough to keep

[KittyWampus]

7. I have been relentless about 20 million losing healthcare if ACA abolished.

RELENTLESS.

Those who whine about political posts still going on? I just simply say that 20 million will lose their health care if ACA is abolished.

And many others on my news feed are saying similar. A lot of FOX zombies will hate the ACA no matter what. But there are those who might just be waking up to what's going on.

Maybe.