Health and Human Services says 3.9 million people have been deemed eligible by the states forMedicaid and CHIP between October and late December, but it’s unclear how many of those are new enrollments thanks to Obamacare. The total figure includes both renewals and those who would have been eligible under prior law, officials said.
The White House estimates 3 million more young adults will have insurance coverage in 2014 because of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows them to remain on their parents’ insurance plans.