(Bloomberg) — The number of people enrolled in private insurance plans through Obamacare’s federal and state exchanges may total less than 100,000, a lower-than-projected tally that could threaten the program’s viability unless the U.S. can repair its flawed exchange website.
Officials are set to report numbers this week for both the federal exchange and the 14 sites run independently by the states. While there was an early U.S. goal of about 800,000 sign-ups nationally for the first two months, health officials have recently said they anticipated lower initial enrollment that would increase over time.
