--- description: Almost 6.4 million Americans have signed up for insurance in 2017 under the Affordable Care Act, a record for this point in the year title: People Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8a75a486a4c9411/6988b3cb97cdffd38e6aef62/obamacare-enrollment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Healthcare](/tag/healthcare/) ## Healthcare Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # People Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers Despite Donald Trump’s Pledge to Repeal It  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Dec 22, 2016 1:05 PM CUT  An Obamacare sign is seen on the UniVista Insurance company office on Dec. 15, 2015 in Miami, Florida. An Obamacare sign is seen on the UniVista Insurance company office on Dec. 15, 2015 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Dec 22, 2016 1:05 PM CUT Almost 6.4 million Americans have signed up for insurance in 2017 under the [Affordable Care Act](http://time.com/money/4564243/trump-obamacare-repeal-outcome/ "undefined"), a record for this point in the year, federal officials said this week. More than 2 million of the sign ups are new enrollments and the remaining 4.4 million are people choosing to renew, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Last year, six million people had signed up for Obamacare at this point in the year. The enrollment period remains open through January. The numbers released by the Department of Health and Human Services come just a month before [President-elect Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/ "undefined") is set to take office, bringing with him a [promise](http://fortune.com/2016/11/11/donald-trump-obamacare-compromise/ "undefined") to repeal the law. “Some of the doomsday predictions about the marketplace are not bearing out,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said Wednesday, in remarks reported by [the _Wall Street_ ](http://www.wsj.com/articles/number-of-americans-enrolling-on-health-care-website-jumps-1482355614 "undefined")[_Journal_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/number-of-americans-enrolling-on-health-care-website-jumps-1482355614 "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4616406/obamacare-enrollement-record-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4616406/obamacare-enrollement-record-donald-trump/"},"headline":"People Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers Despite Donald Trump’s Pledge to Repeal It","datePublished":"2016-12-22T13:05:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:26:23.757Z","description":"\"Some of the doomsday predictions about the marketplace are not bearing out”","url":"https://time.com/4616406/obamacare-enrollement-record-donald-trump/","keywords":["Healthcare","health","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8a75a486a4c9411/6988b3cb97cdffd38e6aef62/obamacare-enrollment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8a75a486a4c9411/6988b3cb97cdffd38e6aef62/obamacare-enrollment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Florida Residents Sign Up For Affordable Care Act On Deadline Day","caption":"Florida Residents Sign Up For Affordable Care Act On Deadline Day","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/healthcare/","name":"Healthcare"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4616406/obamacare-enrollement-record-donald-trump/","name":"People Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers Despite Donald Trump’s Pledge to Repeal It"}}]}] ```