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A lot of those 7 million people are people re-signing up because they lost there coverage under obamacare rules.
For example, everyone who was self insured likely lost their coverage. In CA and NV, everyone who had a PPO lost their coverage because no insurance companies are offering PPO plans in either state.
So when they originally generated 7 million as a goal it was suppose to be 7 million new people unless the administration new "if you like it you can keep it" was a lie the entire time.
How many people lost coverage and then re-signed up under obamacare? I haven't seen a number and I doubt they'd release it cause it would show how many people got fucked over. I think it might be as high as 3 million or more.
Many of these people who are now resigning up, their plans are significantly more expensive for plans whose benefits are dubious -I.e. Higher copays, etc
No one can brag about obamacare until it's known how many of those people has their current plan disrupted and then has to re-sign up. Or how many people lost coverage and then didn't resign up, that should be counted against the total for example companies who stopped providing health insurance because it came too expensive or shifted the benefits around, or companies that forced employees to pay more to cover their existing coverage etc etc etc.
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