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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	2/14/2014 8:44:40 AM
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The enrollment is now “large enough for the market to function,” said Jonathan Gruber, the MIT health economist who consulted on Obamacare and the Massachusetts health reform law that preceded it. The first test the health care law had to pass was to get enough customers to avoid financial instability, he said, and “we’re already past that.” And for once, HealthCare.gov — the federal enrollment website that had the bungled launch — actually did better than the state-run websites. The federal website, which serves 36 states, had a 62 percent increase in signups in January. The state websites, in 14 states and the District of Columbia, only upped their numbers by 42 percent. “The federal marketplace finally seems to be getting its sea legs,” said Larry Levitt of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Jon Kingsdale, a consultant who ran the Massachusetts health insurance exchange that became the model for Obamacare, called the new numbers “very encouraging,” because it means enrollment didn’t slow down in January as many analysts had expected. It’s also a sign that enrollment could stay strong in February and then surge in March as enrollment ends, he said. Read more: politico.com

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