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Washington 916

Washington State is over 10x that even if you don't count Expanded Medicaid. From a Tuesday NBC article:

Washington state said 9,452 people have fully enrolled in coverage set to begin Jan. 1. Most of them, about 8,500, are going to be covered by Medicaid, the government insurance program for low-income people, with the remaining 916 covered by health plans sold by private insurers through the online state marketplace.
Another 10,000 people have completed applications for coverage from private health insurers through the exchange but have not yet paid for it. Exchange officials said they believe that many, if not all, of those people are waiting until December to make their initial premium payments, as Dec. 15 is the deadline for payment receipt for coverage to begin Jan. 1.
"The number of applications we've received is a strong start to our six-month open enrollment period," said Richard Onizuka, CEO for the Washington Health Benefit Exchange. "While we've seen a high level of initial interest, we know that individuals will continue to shop and wait to purchase a health plan until much closer to the effective start of coverage on Jan. 1, 2014."

Your numbers are correct.

I'm only counting Obamcare sign-ups and, as you stated, 916 is number that Washington claims.

But you make a point that is being overlooked by a lot of people. This push to move people to Obamacare is, in all likelihood, going to move many more to Medicaid. That's why the Feds are pushing the States to expand Medicaid programs. Most but not all resisted that temptation.

The question is: will these Medicaid sign-ups count toward the Obama goal of 7,000,000 in 6 months.

I'm betting no but I could be wrong.

steve86 :".. with the remaining 916 covered by health plans sold by private insurers through the online state marketplace. "

And how many of those insurers are going to be arround next year ? .. or the next year ?
OBammaCare is designed to funnel all data ,information , health records, finacial transactions to HHS /IRS .
OBammaCare is designed to eliminate all private healthcare options so that eventually , you will have to go to a "single payer " program.
OBammaCare is designed to be a vehicle for income re-distribution through TAXATION by CONTROL of the marketplace.
OBammaCare is designed to screw up (as evidenced by the website)while eliminating outside competition.
OBammaCare is designed to be an electronic abortion just waiting to happen !!