Obamacare Signups Are Up 47% From Last Year So Far

  • Second enrollment snapshot confirms brisk pace of early days
  • Almost 1.5 million in 11 days, including 23% new customers
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Americans signed up for Obamacare at a brisk pace for a second straight week, an early sign that Republican efforts to repeal or undermine the law earlier this year may have backfired.

Americans enrolled in almost 1.5 million Affordable Care Act health plans on healthcare.gov in the first 11 days of the open enrollment period, a 47 percent increase over a similar period last year.