April 1 (Bloomberg) — Just over 7 million people enrolled for insurance coverage under Obamacare after a last-minute rush to sign up by yesterday's deadline, White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
The enrollment of 7.04 million people came after a "remarkable surge" in the final day of the open-enrollment period, which ended at midnight, Carney said. The figure doesn't include enrollments through separate state exchanges or people who started the process and weren't able to finish because of technical difficulties.
"It's fair to say we surpassed everyone's expectations," Carney said at a White House briefing today.
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