'Obamacare' sign-ups top 600k in first week

WASHINGTON (AP) " The government says more than 600,000 people signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage in the first week of open enrollment season, and nearly 8 in 10 of those were current customers renewing their coverage.About 23 percent were new consumers, according to figures released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.The numbers are being closely watched because of the Trump administration's open disdain for the health insurance program enacted [...]


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