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Trump breaks up good families. Obamacare is thriving

Obamacare 2017 enrollment hits record, despite Trump's threat to repeal

by Tami Luhby @Luhby December 21, 2016: 5:19 PM ET

VIDEO: Burwell: Obamacare repeal would be 'chaos'

Although President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal Obamacare next month, a record number of people have signed up for coverage for 2017.

Nearly 6.4 million Americans have selected Obamacare policies through the federal exchange for coverage starting Jan. 1, federal officials announced Wednesday. That's 400,000 more than had selected policies a year ago.

The number of people opting for Obamacare is under more scrutiny than usual this year, since Congressional Republicans have pledged to dismantle it soon after Trump takes office on Jan. 20.

Even before the election, there were concerns that customers would be deterred by price hikes -- the average premium for the benchmark silver plan soared 22% for 2017 -- and the fact that some insurers pulled out of the exchanges.

However, administration officials sought to portray Obamacare as strong and crucial. Even if Trump and Republican lawmakers repeal the health reform law, they are likely to keep it in place for at least two to three years while they formulate an alternative.

"Today's enrollment numbers confirm that some of the doomsday predictions about the marketplace are not bearing out," said Health Secretary Sylvia Burwell. "American people don't want to go backwards. They don't want to gamble with their healthcare during a repeal and delay."

More .. http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/21/news/economy/obamacare-enrollment-record/

despite conservative lies of failure, and despite the popularity of it.

"One supporter hurt by trump. A few million obama supporters hurt by Obamacare! Hmmm"

You're getting more cement-headed by the year, rooster.

You know, of course, of the abject failure of your mob to repeal and replace.