From the results of the signups, it looks like only 22% of those who were uninsured intend to take advantage of obamacare, so we only needed to account for 6 million -
what would it have cost to pay 6 million people’s premiums?
Not what obamacare costs.
Only about 9-10 million legal residents wanted health insurance but could not afford it. The 45 million is the number who did not have employer provided health insurance.