CNBC reports that people
are now enrolling in insurance plans at a "much quicker pace" since Thanksgiving, with a total of 1.38 million plans sold at HealthCare.gov.
That federal Obamacare marketplace had 618,548 people pick an insurance plan from Nov. 29 through last Friday, the third week of the ongoing open enrollment season, according to data released Wednesday by federal officials.
That number more than doubles the enrollments from the week before. The 1.38 million enrollment total is about 52 percent renewals and 48 percent new customers, but it doesn't include those who have signed up for Obamacare through a state exchange.
HealthCare.gov serves 37 states. The data released Wednesday does not include enrollments from the 14 exchanges run by individual states and the District of Columbia.
New enrollees
must sign up by Dec. 15, while existing customers have until Feb. 15, 2015, to reenroll.
3:10 PM PT: UPDATE: If you want up-to-the-minute numbers, go here. It's already closer to 2.6 million.
Also, some states have deadlines that extend beyond Dec. 15. You can find them here:
--Maryland: 12/18
--Massachusetts: 12/23
--Idaho: 12/23
--Rhode Island: 12/23
--Washington State: 12/23