A few hours before the deadline to register for the new system of Affordable Health Care, better known as "Obamacare", the White House announced that more than 7.1 million people have registered for the new insurance.
This figure has surpassed the expectations set for the controversial healthcare reform promoted by President Obama, who earlier this year seemed to be in trouble due to technical problems with the online registration platforms.
Despite the initial inconveniences, President Obama said on Tuesday that the 7.1 million people registered for the new health care will benefit from a program of affordable insurance and called for republicans to end their attempts to nullify the new law, according to Reuters.
"This law is doing what it's supposed to be doing. It's working. The debate about nullifying this law is over. The Affordable Health Care Law is here to stay," said the President in a televised message.
It's worth noting that the day before, Monday, March 31, republican John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, repeated his promise of nullifying the law despite people being registered for it.
According to The Washington Post, the 7.1 million people who will receive the new medical coverage will only include people who registered before the March 31 deadline.
With these results, the Affordable Health Care system promoted by President Obama managed to meet the expectations of White House analysts, despite that in recent months it seemed it would not.
However, as the deadline approached, the number of people registering for the new insurance increased considerably.
According to TWP, on the last day to register, over 125 thousand people visited the HealthCare.gov website, and the government provided a grace period to finish their registration since they started before the deadline.
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