Obamacare Could Be Covering Millions More. Blame Rick Perry.

[DonViejo]

SETH D. MICHAELS – APRIL 3, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT

The good news this week: as the deadline for this year’s enrollment hits, the Affordable Care Act is working.

After all the obstacles, technological failures, political attacks and confusion, the new ACA exchanges have hit their goals: 7 million people have signed up for a plan in the new marketplaces.

One study suggests that, under all the ACA’s coverage provisions, some 9.5 million people who didn’t have insurance before have coverage now.

There’s still a long way to go -- and a lot of enrollment left to do -- but the worst fears of ACA advocates, and the fondest wishes of its opponents, haven’t been realized. For those who said it couldn’t be done, or actively tried to sabotage it, this is disappointing. For everyone else, especially the millions of people who finally have access to health care, it’s great news.

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