Obamacare Could Be Covering Millions More. Blame Rick Perry.
SETH D. MICHAELS APRIL 3, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
The good news this week: as the deadline for this years enrollment hits, the Affordable Care Act is working.
After all the obstacles, technological failures, political attacks and confusion, the new ACA exchanges have hit their goals: 7 million people have signed up for a plan in the new marketplaces.
One study suggests that, under all the ACAs coverage provisions, some 9.5 million people who didnt have insurance before have coverage now.
Theres still a long way to go -- and a lot of enrollment left to do -- but the worst fears of ACA advocates, and the fondest wishes of its opponents, havent been realized. For those who said it couldnt be done, or actively tried to sabotage it, this is disappointing. For everyone else, especially the millions of people who finally have access to health care, its great news.
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