Who’s signing up for Obamacare?
CNN Money By: Tami Luhby Now we know a little more about the nearly 2.2 million people who signed up for Obamacare last year. About a quarter of the enrollees are in the coveted 18 to 34 age bracket, and more...
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Smith: We’re encouraged to see young people enrolling at such a fast clip
Read MoreMcClatchy Newspapers By: Tony Pugh & Anita Kumar WASHINGTON — Halfway through the six-month enrollment period for private marketplace health insurance, just one in four new adult enrollees are between ages 18 and 34, the crucial demographic group whose participation rates are...
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One in four Obamacare enrollees are young adults.
Read MoreWashington Post By: Sarah Kliff The Obama administration has just released the enrollment report that health wonks around the world have anxiously awaited: The one that shows the age breakdown of people selecting insurance plans under Obamacare. It shows okay...
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Smith: Young adult enrollment expected to increase closer to deadline
Read MoreWall Street Journal By: Louise Radnofsky & Christopher Weaver One-third of health plan enrollees in new insurance marketplaces are 55 or older, the Obama administration said Monday, a figure that insurers said makes the pool older than they would need to...
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Smith: December enrollment huge compared to previous months
Read MoreNPR By: Eyder Peralta For the first time, we are getting some demographic information about the more than 2 million people who have signed up for private health insurance through the exchanges set up by the federal government. The New York...
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Smith: Young adult enrollment on track
Read MoreUSA Today By: Kelly Kennedy WASHINGTON — More than half of the almost 2.2 million people who bought health insurance on federal and state exchanges in the past three months are older than 45, records released Monday show. If that trend...
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Momentum building behind young adult enrollment
Read MoreBloomberg Businessweek By: Alex Wayne & Mike Dorning The U.S. government said it would ramp up Obamacare outreach in 25 cities to lure younger people to the program after a report showed about 70 percent of the initial customers are 35...
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Obama meets with young people spearheading enrollment outreach
Read MoreCBS News By:Stephanie Condon The Obama administration is granting the consulting firm Accenture a contract worth between $90 million and $100 million for maintenance of the federalObamacare website HealthCare.gov, two sources familiar with the contract told CBS News. Accenture will replace...
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President Obama presses health care sign ups at lunch with young people
Read MoreMcClatchy By: Lesley Clark With young people critical to the success of his health care law, President Barack Obama spent an hour at lunch Friday with five young people the White House says are “spearheading creative outreach efforts to connect with...
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Obama Lunches With Youth Promoting Health Sign-Ups
Read MoreAssociated Press By: Carla Johnson WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is lunching with five young people to call attention to the need for young Americans to enroll for insurance through his health care law. Obama traveled Friday afternoon to The Coupe, a...