USA TODAY: The government will meet — and possibly exceed — its goal of 6 million people enrolled in insurance through the federal and state health exchanges by the March 31 deadline, analysts said Wednesday…
On Tuesday, 1.2 million people visited HealthCare.gov, and the website was able to handle the volume, said Julie Bataille, communication director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She said the government expected “unprecedented demand,” and the website could handle as many as 100,000 people at a time…
After February’s slower-than-expected enrollment statistics were released this month, Avalere predicted the Department of Health and Human Services would enroll 5.4 million people by March 31. It changed its prediction after seeing marketing efforts by the Obama administration and advocacy groups and the surge of visitors to the federal website this week… (more)
