WASHINGTON—Seeking a strong showing in President Barack Obama’s last year in office, the administration said on Thursday, Jan. 7, that 11.3 million people have enrolled for health law coverage, with three weeks still left in the sign-up season.
But a major independent survey out simultaneously showed that progress reducing the number of uninsured Americans stalled last year. The Gallup–Healthways Well-Being Index found the uninsured rate among adults essentially unchanged in 2015, raising concerns about the lasting impact of Obama’s signature legislation.
“Enrollment is growing, though less quickly than anticipated,” said Larry Levitt, who follows the health overhaul for the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. “The law is hardly collapsing, as critics have suggested, but it continues to be unclear whether it will ultimately be the success that advocates had hoped.”
