With open enrollment for Obamacare ending March 31, the administration has announced that it's
much closer to its goal of 6 million enrollees. A healthy chunk of the 4.2 million applicants are aged 18-35.
About 940,000 people selected Obamacare insurance plans in February, bringing to 4.2 million the total number of people opting for health coverage in the law’s insurance exchanges since the enrollment opened in October.
About a quarter of the sign-ups over the first five months of enrollment were adults between ages 18 and 35 – a key demographic sought by insurers to help offset the cost of covering older, typically sicker enrollees. More than four in five people signing up qualified for subsidies through tax credits.
Women continued to enroll at a disproportionately higher rate than men – a 55-45 percent split. Nearly two-thirds of all sign-ups selected mid-level “silver” level plans that cover about 70 percent of their enrollees’ costs.
An additional 4.4 million people have been found eligible for Medicaid and CHIP through state and federal marketplaces. So that's 8.6 million people the Republicans want to take health care away from.