HealthCare.gov Only Met Less Than 10% of the Enrollment Goal for October

According to the Wall Street Journal, fewer than 50,000 people have successfully enrolled into insurance plans on HealthCare.gov so far.

The White House set a target of 500,000 signups for ObamaCare’s first month, according to internal Administration memos, meaning that HealthCare.gov only reached less than 10% of their goal for October.

ObamaCare has become nothing but a disappointment for the millions of Americans who have been forced to give up their current health care plans. Meanwhile, glitches continue to plague the website, and consumers who manage to navigate their way through HealthCare.gov are only finding less options and higher costs for themselves and their families.

ObamaCare relies heavily on convincing millions of Americans to enroll in the program before the March deadline, or else other aspects of the law will begin to fall apart too. House Republicans continue to listen to the American people’s concerns about ObamaCare, and remain committed to repealing the law and stopping its train wreck effects. Democrats, meanwhile, led by the White House, remain intransigently wedded to this unmitigated disaster.

From the Wall Street Journal:

Fewer than 50,000 people had successfully navigated the troubled federal health-care website and enrolled in private insurance plans as of last week, two people familiar with the matter said, citing internal government data.

The figure is a fraction of the Obama administration’s target of 500,000 enrollees for October. The early tally for the HealthCare.gov site, which launched Oct. 1, worries health insurers that are counting on higher enrollment to make their plans profitable.

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The administration had estimated that nearly 500,000 people would enroll in October, according to internal memos cited last week by Rep. Dave Camp (R., Mich.). An estimated seven million people nationwide were expected to gain private coverage by the end of March, when the open-enrollment period is set to end.