A record 19 million Americans are expected to purchase individual coverage, also known as Obamacare, via the health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act for the 2024 coverage year.
The Biden administration Wednesday said more than 15.3 million Americans have already have signed up for health insurance marketplace plans in states that use HealthCare.gov, which is a 33% increase compared to this time a year ago.
“As of December 15, 2023, for HealthCare.gov states and December 9, 2023, for State-based Marketplaces, preliminary data projects that over 19 million consumers will enroll in 2024 coverage through the ACA Marketplaces — over 7 million more than when President Biden took office,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Wednesday. “This includes 15.3 million individuals who have selected a health plan using the HealthCare.gov platform. On December 15 alone, the deadline for coverage starting January 1, 2024, more than 745,000 people selected a Marketplace plan through HealthCare.gov — the largest single day in history.”
The record enrollment comes with such coverage becoming integral to Americans, having been offered on exchanges now for a decade with most of the enrollment coming from those renewing coverage year after year.
Cool, you’ve got it figured out. How does that give people healthcare today. It doesn’t. So, continue fighting the good fight, but don’t dunk on actual passed legislation that give millions of Americans better healthcare options than they have had in decades prior.
Can we not critique half-measures? Sure, be thankful they exist, but still demand more. Hard to do that when you’re too busy patting yourself on the back for ensuring that the status quo is maintained rather than improved.
So push for better things but don’t criticize the things you’re trying to replace. Got it.
How about doing the actual replacing before you crap on the work others actually accomplished? Your argument has zero weight when you’re calling an imperfect solution a “bad thing”.
Single payer.
There, now I can crap on it.
And any solution that ties health care to health coverage is a bad thing.
Keep being happy catching crumbs. I’m sure those crumbs serve you well. Definitely better than a full meal.