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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Thu Dec 12, 2013, 03:01 AM Dec 2013

Obamacare sign-ups continue to increase

Source: LA Times

Enrollment continued to be strongest in California, which runs its own insurance marketplace and website. Covered California, as the marketplace is known, recorded 107,000 sign-ups in its first two months.

The federal figures also showed that 181,817 Californians have qualified for an expansion of Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program for the poor.

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The acceleration in sign-ups was particularly pronounced in the 36 states that rely on the federal government and its HealthCare.gov site for enrollment. The other states run their own sites.

More than 110,000 people chose a plan in November through the federally run marketplace, more than four times the number in October. Enrollment on the federal marketplace increased even more quickly in the first week of December after major website repairs were made, with more than 50,000 sign-ups, according to an official familiar with the numbers. December enrollment numbers have not been officially tallied.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-obamacare-enrollment-20131212,0,1951280.story#axzz2nF256YpD

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Obamacare sign-ups continue to increase (Original Post) TomCADem Dec 2013 OP
Well now it appears the numbers are going up. Left Coast2020 Dec 2013 #1
Yeah but...but...but... tofuandbeer Dec 2013 #2
Benghazi! SoapBox Dec 2013 #3
GOP - The Surge In Enrollment Is A Distraction From The Failure Of Obamacare! TomCADem Dec 2013 #4
Cruz said, in his coloring book, that Obamacare is worse than any war! Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #5
My husband went through the process yesterday OKNancy Dec 2013 #6

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
6. My husband went through the process yesterday
Thu Dec 12, 2013, 06:12 AM
Dec 2013

We decided to wait, so this was our first attempt. We zipped right through it.
We did stop at the point where we choose the plan. It was dinner time and we decided to spend more time checking things out.

The only irritation was estimating income. Our income will be down for several reasons since 2012 ( we took an IRA withdrawal then)

We also have to send in a proof of employment. We got a list of things we could use, and it said we just had to send in one of them. We are going to use a pay stub. It says to mail or send electronically at healthcare.gov, but I don't see on the site where you actually get a link.
I'll have to investigate more on that. Anyone know?

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