[agere_contra]

106,185 people have successfully applied for and chosen private insurance through the health care law's new marketplaces

Weasel words. They're saying that 106185 people had something in their shopping basket.

They are trying to conceal complete disaster.

[kabar]

(8) “Individuals Who Have Selected a Marketplace plan” represents the total number of “Individuals Determined Eligible to Enroll in a plan Through the Marketplace” who have selected a plan (with or without the first premium payment having been received directly by the Marketplace or the issuer) during the reference period. This is also known as pre-effectuated enrollment.

There is no doubt with this definition of who is enrolled that the 106,185 "enrolled" is a specious number at best. The actual payments to the insurance companies by December 15 will provide the real number.