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 The Congressional Budget Office had originally forecast that 7
million people would sign up for insurance, many with help from
subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act, commonly called
Obamacare.
But the program got off to a rough start in October when a website
used to shop for insurance plans failed to work for almost two
months. The nonpartisan CBO recently trimmed its enrollment forecast
for 2014 to 6 million.
Biden, on his way to a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in
Minneapolis, spoke with a small group of people in the city who are
working to help others sign up for insurance, and thanked them for
their work.
"We may not get to seven million, we may get to five or six, but
that's a hell of a start," Biden said, according to a pool report of
his meeting.
The Obama administration said last week that 3.3 million people have
enrolled in private Obamacare health plans between October 1 and Feb
1.
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The deadline for 2014 coverage is March 31, and the administration
and allied groups are pushing to convince more uninsured people in
big cities to sign up.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; editing by Bernard Orr)
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