--- title: Here’s How Many New People Have Already Signed Up for Obamacare description: Roughly 1 million new people have signed up for health insurance through Obamacare since open enrollment began on Nov. 1. authors: - name: Kara Brandeisky url: https://money.com/author/kara-brandeisky/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 76 covers: - Insurance - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Housing - Identity Theft - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/karabrandeisky former_staff: true published: '2015-12-10T19:05:29.000Z' modified: '2024-04-02T05:15:59.000Z' section: Insurance tags: - Health Care - Obamacare - pubdesk word_count: 214 canonical: https://money.com/obamacare-new-signups-2016/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![151210_FF_ObamacareEnrollment](https://img.money.com/2015/12/151210_ff_obamacareenrollment.jpg) *Martha Lucia, Bienvendida Barreno and Jorge Baquero (L-R) sit with insurance agents from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors as they discuss plans available in the third year of the Affordable Care Act at a store setup in the Mall of the Americas on November 2, 2015 in Miami, Florida.* Roughly 1 million new people have signed up for health insurance through Obamacare since open enrollment began on Nov. 1, [federal officials told journalists](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/us/politics/obamacare-enrollment-rises.html?_r=0) on Thursday. [About one in four people](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/one-in-4-healthcaregov-customers-renew-coverage-so-far-hhs-says/2015/12/09/859b3ece-9e92-11e5-bce4-708fe33e3288_story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=24472997&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8UGFiNd8TQUuKnm4tYxGpqf7ao-9zxq1weVcXyXds-qFncRzN-X44Kb0vrhXna_Lslwal7Z2qKDneh0iZj3PsUPvKgqKK0I5e0CuDIWGrslz3nq5o&_hsmi=24472997) who already had Obamacare have also selected new plans. While most Obamacare plans will auto-renew if customers do nothing, prices may change, so [it pays to shop around](https://money.com/obamacare-health-insurance-premiums-2016/). When the last open enrollment season ended last spring, [11.7 million Americans](http://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/03/10/nationwide-nearly-11-point-7-million-consumers-are-enrolled-in-2015-health-insurance-marketplace-coverage.html) had bought Obamacare plans. But since then, some people stopped paying their premiums and lost their coverage. By June, only [9.9 million Americans were still enrolled](https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2015-Fact-sheets-items/2015-09-08.html). The total number of enrollees is expected to surpass 10 million once again this season. People without health insurance have until Jan. 31 to buy an Obamacare plan through the government-regulated marketplace — and federal officials say an extension will not be granted this year. But if you want a plan that starts on Jan. 1, you must enroll by Dec. 15. Skip out on health insurance in 2016, and you'll pay a tax in 2017, which is expected to be $969 per household on average. ### FAQs - [What is Obamacare?](https://money.com/collection-post/what-is-obamacare/) - [What is open enrollment?](https://money.com/obamacare-open-enrollment-2016/) - [Do I need health insurance?](https://money.com/uninsured-health-cost-emergency/) - [How much does Obamacare cost?](https://money.com/supreme-court-obamacare-subsidies/) - Should I re-up with Obamacare? - [Should I just keep my old Obamacare plan?](https://money.com/obamacare-health-insurance-premiums-2016/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/obamacare-new-signups-2016/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Insurance", "item": "https://money.com/insurance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Health Insurance", "item": "https://money.com/health-insurance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Here’s How Many New People Have Already Signed Up for Obamacare" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/obamacare-new-signups-2016/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/obamacare-new-signups-2016/", "name": "Here’s How Many New People Have Already Signed Up for Obamacare", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-12-10T19:05:29.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/obamacare-new-signups-2016/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/obamacare-new-signups-2016/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-02T05:15:59.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Here’s How Many New People Have Already Signed Up for Obamacare", "articleSection": "Insurance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/12/151210_ff_obamacareenrollment.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1400, "caption": "151210_FF_ObamacareEnrollment" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kara Brandeisky", "url": "https://money.com/author/kara-brandeisky/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/kara-brandeisky/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2015/01/150107_bio_author_brandeisky_011.jpg?quality=85&w=190&h=190&crop=1", "email": "kara.brandeisky@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/karabrandeisky" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-12-10T19:05:29.000Z", "description": "Roughly 1 million new people have signed up for health insurance through Obamacare since open enrollment began on Nov. 1.", "abstract": "Roughly 1 million new people have signed up for health insurance through Obamacare since open enrollment began on Nov. 1.", "@id": "https://money.com/obamacare-new-signups-2016/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-02T05:15:59.000Z", "wordCount": 214, "keywords": [ "Health Care", "Obamacare", "pubdesk" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Insurance", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Health insurance in the United States", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_in_the_United_States" ] } ] } ] } ```