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| Obamacare sign ups hit 4.2 million |
| Obamacare sign ups hit 4.2 million
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 12-March-2014
6:43:43 AM |
| A further 940,000 Americans registered for President Barack Obama's health care plans in February, bringing to 4.2 million the number of people who have signed up so far, officials said on Tuesday.
The White House also geared up for what it said would be "surge of enrollment" for the system, now a malfunctioning website that hampered the key law's roll out has been fixed, before a March 31 deadline.
"As more Americans are learning just how affordable market place plans can be, more are signing up to get coverage," said Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The new figures were unveiled on a day that comedy website "Laugh or Die" unveiled a new online video of the president braving the satirical jabs of comedian Zach Galifianakis, to market the plan to the site's young fans.
For the system to work, Obamacare must attract young, healthy registrants who do not claim for big budget care to subsidise older, sicker patients who have also signed up.
The administration said 25 percent of those who signed up in February were aged between 18 and 34.
Officials believe that many more younger patients will be spurred to sign up before the deadline.
Americans who do not have health insurance by the end of the month are liable for fines under the new law, which is the centerpiece of Obama's domestic legacy and gets the United States closer to universal health care coverage than ever before.
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