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bluestate10

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8. 500,000 alone have applied for Medicare. Close to 1 million have shopped the ACA.

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 07:53 PM

Nov 2013

106,000+ have already signed up. The numbers imply big success, in particular the government has until something like the end of the first quarter on next year to get to it's 7 million target. The already have 1,500,000+ quality queries or outright sign-ups is 21% of the ultimate goal during the first month with the website having enormous problems. I would only sys there is concern if the November numbers don't match or exceed the October numbers.

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Whoopsie! Looks like #Obamacare may be a success after all. [View all] JaneyVee Nov 2013 OP

I do dental in the fed employees system itsrobert Nov 2013 #1

Yup, the document even notes Massachusetts law comparing enrollment JaneyVee Nov 2013 #2

Yep. Hubby is in charge of looking at our Medicare supplemental plan with AARP. CTyankee Nov 2013 #3

What percent of Americans have finished their holiday shopping? nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #5

I think once the word is out that the ACA website is fixed people will sign up bluestate10 Nov 2013 #6

The projection was 500,000, so I would not call it a sucess. Travis_0004 Nov 2013 #4

500,000 alone have applied for Medicare. Close to 1 million have shopped the ACA. bluestate10 Nov 2013 #8

The news just reported that only about 27,000 people signed up JimDandy Nov 2013 #7

Obamacare = The federal exchange plus all state exchanges frazzled Nov 2013 #9

Thanks. That is a good explanation. n/t JimDandy Nov 2013 #11

The ACA is the ACA regardless of whether the sign-ups were in states with Exchanges or via bluestate10 Nov 2013 #10

27,000 is what... zentrum Nov 2013 #17

then why does my local NBC news tell me it's much worse? grasswire Nov 2013 #12

The Republicans have tried to claim "Obamacare" IS the website.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #13

Not what I'm hearing... zentrum Nov 2013 #14

R#28 & K nt UTUSN Nov 2013 #15

Hoping another wrinkle to this is that people in the Red States invariably know people in Blue libdem4life Nov 2013 #16