--- title: Obamacare: White House Says 2015 Enrollment Signups Top 11 Million description: 11.4 million people selected health coverage or renewed their plan during the 2015 enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act canonical: https://time.com/3712781/white-house-health-care-enrollment-figures/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-18T00:54:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:29:49.010Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House Says Obamacare Signups in 2015 Enrollment Top 11 Million og:description: "The Affordable Care Act is working," Obama says og:url: https://time.com/3712781/white-house-health-care-enrollment-figures/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd0045a9b672aca4/69877fac3c16399929451d03/460502078.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: People Rush To Enroll Before Deadline For Affordable Care Act og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House Says Obamacare Signups in 2015 Enrollment Top 11 Million twitter:description: "The Affordable Care Act is working," Obama says twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd0045a9b672aca4/69877fac3c16399929451d03/460502078.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House Says Obamacare Signups in 2015 Enrollment Top 11 Million  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 18, 2015 12:54 AM UTC  Jose Ramirez, left, and Mariana Silva speak with Yosmay Valdivia, an agent from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors, as they discuss plans available from the Affordable Care Act in the Mall of the Americas on Dec. 15, 2014 in Miami. Jose Ramirez, left, and Mariana Silva speak with Yosmay Valdivia, an agent from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors, as they discuss plans available from the Affordable Care Act in the Mall of the Americas on Dec. 15, 2014 in Miami.Joe Raedle—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 18, 2015 12:54 AM UTC The White House [announced](https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153217474489238&set=vb.63811549237) Tuesday that 11.4 million people across the United States signed up for health insurance or renewed their plans during the 2015 enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act. More than 1 million people enrolled for private health care coverage under President Barack Obama’s law during the last nine days until the Feb. 15 deadline, the White House said in a statement and video posted to Facebook. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell added that the final day was the biggest open enrollment day for new consumers, this year or last. “The Affordable Care Act is working,” Obama says in the video. “It’s working a little better than we anticipated.” The administration’s preliminary estimate could change, the Associated Press [reports](http://www.theolympian.com/2015/02/17/3582079/white-house-health-law-sign-ups.html), as the White House has offered those who started but didn’t finish applications before the deadline until Feb. 22 to do so. Conversely, the number could fall if any enrollees don’t pay their part of the premiums. 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