According to MarketWatch, HHS officials say goal of 6 million has been met:
Health and Human Services officials said Thursday the agency has fully enrolled 6 million consumers nationwide in insurance plans available through the Affordable Care Act, meeting a reduced government goal four days ahead of schedule. Open enrollment was set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Monday. The program now has a shot at coming close to its original goal of 7 million signups, which was set before the HHS's difficulties in getting the main HealthCare.gov website up and running. The White House reported Thursday that HealthCare.gov had 1.5 million visitors and more than 430,000 calls were made to help centers on Wednesday.
And this from
Sam Stein:
The number of people who have chosen a health care plan through an exchanged topped six million on Thursday, putting the administration past revised projections with several days to go.
The number, which was confirmed by several sources to the Huffington Post, reflects a major uptick in interest in health care coverage as the end of the enrollment period nears. The administration has revised that end date a bit so that people in the queue by March 31st have time to complete their application process should they run into issues.
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The number does not distinguish between those individuals who have chosen a health care plan but have not paid their first months premium, which has been estimated to be around 20 percent of the population.
The numbers don't include individuals who have enrolled in Medicaid, which was expanded in many states up to 133 percent of the poverty level. They also don't count people who purchased insurance directly from a private insurance company who will also be included in the overall risk pool.
Molars in mouths of Repubs exploding. Wocka, wocka.