Now, if the 12 million will vote....
Close to 12 million people are covered by health insurance plans purchased from an Obamacare exchange, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said at the White House Monday.
More than half of these enrollees are new to the program, said Burwell, speaking at an event commemorating the close of the second open enrollment period for subsidized private health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act's exchange marketplaces. The enrollment total surpasses the Department of Health and Human Services' projections, but is lower than what the Congressional Budget Office expected.
"Nearly 11.7 million Americans signed up or were re-enrolled through the marketplace as of Feb. 22," Burwell said. "We are finally moving the needle on reducing the number of uninsured."