The White House has spent the first two days of open enrollment in Obamacare touting a high volume of traffic for online marketplaces, which they admit were not fully ready for the launch.
One question that has gone unanswered, however: How many people have actually signed up for Obamacare?
That information likely won’t be made public until next month, an administration official said.
“We don’t plan to do hourly or daily data releases, but anticipate sharing updates at regular intervals,” an HHS official told theWashington Examiner. “It will likely be released in the middle of the following month to ensure accuracy.”
HHS has to collect the information from different states and verify the online, paper and call center data with insurers, the administration official added.
Obamacare critics have accused the administration of trumping up traffic figures but not crystallizing the number of new enrollees in the health program.
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