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Via The Blaze:
The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday estimated that about 9 million people would be enrolled in an Obamacare health plan by the end of 2015, 4 million less than an estimate from a separate government agency.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that 13 million people would be enrolled in Obamacare by 2015. But HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell was already backing off that number a month ago, a sign that she didn’t believe it could reach that target.
HHS released its predictions to reporters at 1 p.m., but Burwell spoke in Washington soon after and said HHS is hoping for a bit more than 9 million after 2015.
“The number that we are going to aim for this year is 9.1 million,” she said.