State-run health exchanges report surge in enrollment in November

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1. Just for context, projections...

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"With regard to exchange enrollment, it is important to remember that there are both initial government projections versus actual outcomes. The government projections have been a moving target. The Obama Administration initially projected 14 million enrolling in 2014. The Congressional Budget Office, however, now predicts just 7 million in 2014 and 25 million by 2018. The Administration has since adopted these lower projections. In contrast, in September, Wall Street projects just 4 million enrollees in 2014"
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176K is .025 percent of the last WH projection. The "actual" matters a great deal as premiums get adjusted, the amount of outlay by the taxpayer changes, etc., insurance cos and stockholders count their profits, etc., based on that number.