Week three was another record-breaking week for enrollments in Obamacare on Healthcare.gov.
CMS announced another record week for people signing up for coverage during Open Enrollment at HealthCare.gov, with cumulative sign-ups up 34% overall and total daily sign-ups up 42% compared to the equivalent time period last year. Once again, there continues to be a significant improvement in early enrollment from previous years across the board—more new people enrolling, more people returning, more completed applications, more calls, and more website visits. [...]
Technically, this is the halfway point between November 1st and the December 15 deadline; however, because enrollment ramps up as we get closer to the deadline, the halfway point for enrollments will be around December 4. Last year 2.95 million had enrolled by December 4th out of the 6.1 million total who enrolled through December 17.
Historically, the week of Thanksgiving is one of the slower weeks for sign-ups as people spend time with their friends and family. Starting next Monday, enrollments should continue to ramp up ahead of the December 15 deadline. The administration’s decision to significantly cut advertising will play out during these final three weeks.
Here's the rub, though. While enrollments are well outpacing all previous years so far, Donald Trump has cut the enrollment period in half. His sabotage will almost certainly mean final enrollments are well below last year, because there just isn't time to meet those targets.
Which means we’ve got to keep up the resistance, which continues to mean picking up the slack for the advertising and outreach the Trump administration is refusing to do.
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