Obamacare hits enrollment goal with 7.1M sign-ups, president says

A last-minute enrollment surge enabled the White House to meet its original sign-up target for the Affordable Care Act, a surprising victory for the Obama administration after a rocky rollout of the program that has become a political hot potato for Democrats and a rallying cry for Republicans.

During a press conference yesterday, President Barack Obama said 7.1 million people signed up on federal or state exchanges under the ACA, according to CNN.

The enrollment period began anemically in October with a faltering federal website and ended with a crush of people trying to beat Monday's deadline to get coverage. Not everyone who has selected a health plan has paid for it yet, officials said.

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