Almost a million people signed up last month for private health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, federal officials said Tuesday, bringing the total to date to 4.2 million but leaving the Obama administration well short of its original goal, with less than a month to go before the end of the open enrollment period.
In particular, Obamacare needs Ferns people. About 1.3 million of those already signed up are in the 55 to 64 age bracket. Only 1.1 million of those already signed up are 18 - 34.
Some 7 million people watched Obama's sit-down with Zach Galifianakis, and there was a spike in traffic to Healthcare.gov yesterday. But, to get the pool better balanced a lot of those visitors need to actually sign up. Nineteen more days to go before open enrollment closes...
