For the first time since the insurance markets of the federal government opened early last fall state , the number of people who signed up for coverage exceeded government expectations for the month of January, for a total of about $ 3.3 million .
Across the country , nearly 1.2 million enrolled in health plans last month for the new insurance exchanges people - rather than federal officials had predicted when the final objectives of each month are compiled last few weeks before summer inscriptions began .
The figure is part of a detailed report released Wednesday by the Obama administration , offering the latest trends in how the effort to expand health insurance to more Americans feel .
The figure is part of a detailed report released Wednesday by the Obama administration , offering the latest trends in how the effort to expand health insurance to more Americans feel .
The report suggests that January was the first month in which registration is not hampered by serious computer anomaly that people first encountered trying to use the federal online marketplace , HealthCare.gov , and some every 14 similar contracts handled by states .
However, the lingering impression of the first problems is visible in the new report . Overall, 3.3 million people who signed the cover are about 1 million less than federal officials had planned for late January. This difference is consistent with a week of the last review by budget analysts Congress planned - 6 million Americans , instead of 7 million are likely to get insurance through the markets at the time of registration period this year ends March 31 .
Winnow the ranks of the uninsured is a central goal of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 , which created online markets . With the publication of the final report , a high level of health and several government aides said they had not yet data to answer two fundamental questions: Among those who have signed , how many have paid the first premium so did the cover? And how many of them previously had no insurance , instead of having insurance plans just changed ?
However, the Minister of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sublime , called the numbers " a very encouraging news , " and she said . " We are witnessing a healthy growth of labor "
Sublime and the report drew attention to a slight increase in the proportion of young adults who sign up for coverage - part of the population whose participation is widely regarded as essential to maintain the work well because they tend to be healthy markets and at therefore inexpensive to provide Health .
Among those who chose a health plan last month, 27 percent were 18 and 34 years old - The Group considered young adults - compared with 24 percent in the previous three months together. Both figures are significantly lower than 40 percent , the level that research has suggested is desirable to help health plans sold through exchanges maintain their stable price .
Although January was the first month in which the enrollment has exceeded the expectations of the federal government , the number of people who registered was lower in December.
Register December was driven upward, as expected, by the influx of consumers racing to get coverage before January 1 , when new health plans began to take effect .
The report also shows that in markets, both federal and state , women buy insurance are more likely than men - 55 percent to 45 percent overall Health.
In addition , the percentage of people who qualify for a federal subsidy to help pay for health coverage rose slightly last month, bringing the total of four months of schooling to 82 percent .
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