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http://www.politicususa.com/2013/12/29/republicans-collapse-obamacare-enrollment-skyrockets-december.htmlRepublicans In Collapse as Obamacare Enrollment Skyrockets In December
By: Jason Easley
Sunday, December, 29th, 2013, 11:43 am
The Republican plan of running against Obamacare is in freefall today as HHS announced that 975,000 people signed up for health insurance in December alone.
According to the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services,
As we continue our open enrollment campaign, we experienced a welcome surge in enrollment as millions of Americans seek access to affordable health care coverage through new Health Insurance Marketplaces nationwide. More than 1.1 million people enrolled in a qualified health plan via the Federally-facilitated Marketplace from October 1 to December 24, with more than 975,000 of those enrolling this month alone. Our HealthCare.gov enrollment nearly doubled in the days before the January 1 coverage deadline compared to the first few weeks of the month. December enrollment so far is over 7 times that of October and November. In part, this was because we met our marks on improving HealthCare.gov: the site supported 83,000 concurrent users on December 23rd alone.
The entire Republican strategy has been to discourage people from enrolling in the ACA. Judging by these numbers, they have completely failed. Republicans are basing their entire 2014 and 2016 strategies on running against Obamacare. Their plan is backfiring, and they are setting themselves up for an epic backlash.
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The success of the ACA will have a profound impact on elections around the country. In Kentucky, Mitch McConnell is defying the success of the exchange in his own state by refusing to talk about anything but repealing Obamacare. McConnell is already tied with Democratic challenger Alison Grimes, and his Obamacare or bust strategy may very well cost him his Senate seat this November.
President Obama trusted his instincts. The president has never wavered. He knows that people want access to affordable healthcare and he is being proven correct every day. Millions of people are signing up, and the Republican Party is being reduced to rubble as the final beam that was propping up their teetering house cracks under the weight of the ACAs success.
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babylonsister
Dec 2013
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With 1.1 million million on the federal site, and perhaps as many on state sites this is good.
NutmegYankee
Dec 2013
#2
In contrast, California Care will help many, many uninsured Californians who wouldn't have
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#53
Typical of negative posters. Like Rush, they want Obama to fail, don't care who gets killed...
freshwest
Dec 2013
#14
BWAHAHAHA! Please, GOP, run on killing the ACA, the poor, the children and the elderly again!
freshwest
Dec 2013
#17
I'll feel better when I start seeing this on the mainstream news and reading it
calimary
Dec 2013
#20
The real end will come sometime after January 1, when the first claim is paid on
mbperrin
Dec 2013
#29
Thanks for info. Dems need to make sure people know this stuff is because of Obamacare.
Beartracks
Dec 2013
#50
I wonder if right-wingers in red states won't sign up because it has been made so political?
johnnyrocket
Dec 2013
#61