WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has beaten its own estimates for Obamacare enrollments, which exceeded 11 million through Sunday’s deadline for most U.S. residents to choose a health insurance plan, the White House announced Tuesday.
In a video posted to Facebook, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell informs President Barack Obama of preliminary estimates of this year’s signups. The three-month enrollment period all but ended Sunday, but federal and state officials are allowing consumers who began applications prior to the deadline to complete them.
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People who experience a change in life circumstances, such as marrying or having a child, can access the health insurance exchanges year-round. The enrollment numbers announced Tuesday don’t include people who signed up for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program this year. There is no deadline to enroll in those programs for low-income households.
Watch the White House video on Obamacare enrollment:
