A survey has found that only 1/10th of the uninsured have signed up for Obamacare. (The deadline is March 31.) Actual numbers from HealthCare.gov and the insurance companies are hard to come by, due in part to the still-confusing application process. Also, of those who did sign up, half have not paid the first premium, so they don’t have health insurance either.
If the uninsured don’t buy the insurance, preferring to pay the fine and to go without, the whole concept of Obamacare comes apart.
This story gives the details, explaining also why we still can’t get hard numbers: New health insurance marketplaces signing up few uninsured Americans, two surveys find – The Washington Post:
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