Obama: Health-Care Sign-Up Will ImprovePace, Julie
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 8 million people have signed up for coverage next year under former President Barack Obama's health care law, the government said Friday, a sign of continued demand for the program amid persistent uncertainty over its future
The figure exceeds the revised estimate of six million put forward last month by the Congressional Budget Office, which had downgraded its previous sign-up prediction of seven million after a problem-plagued debut for the "Obamacare" federal website. The online portal allows consumers to shop for...
Supporters of the health care law fanned out across the country in a final dash to sign up uninsured Americans. People not signed up for health insurance by the deadline, either through their jobs or on their own, were subject to being fined by the IRS, and that threat was helping drive...
The second sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health overhaul opens Saturday. The deadline for 2015 coverage is Feb. 15. Jill Schlesinger has that and more in her look at the business week ahead.
US President Barack Obama has symbolically signed up for health insurance to promote his own controversial health care reform legislation, a White House official said Monday.
Sign-ups for 2019 spiked in the final days of enrollment, which ended Saturday for the federal exchanges. Some states extended the sign-up deadline, however. And while it’s possible that efforts by Republicans to roll back ObamaCare may have affected sign-up numbers -- U.S. District Judg...
Related: Obamacare under President Trump: What happens next? Some states that run their own exchanges also released their sign up data. Nearly 22,000 Minnesota residents enrolled over the past nine days, while Connecticut saw nearly 4,000 people pick plans. Those who sign up for policies are...
A big jump was expected after Thanksgiving, since Dec. 15 is the last day people can sign up so their coverage will take effect Jan. 1. Starting in the new year, the health care law requires virtually all Americans to have insurance or face fines. At the same time, insurance companies...
A record 21.3 million Americans flocked to Affordable Care Act coverage for 2024, further cementing the law’s place in the nation’s health care landscape.