The latest chapter in the never-ending story of Obamacare expectations ends happilyfor the president, whose administration reported on Thursday thatmore people than anticipated enrolled in health care plans throughthe marketplace exchanges this year.

A total of 12.7 million Americans signed up for exchangeplans before the Jan. 31 deadline, Health and Human ServicesSecretary Sylvia Burwell announced. That’s smack in the middle ofthe administration’s prediction that 11-14 million would signup.

Of that total, 9.6 million purchased insurance through thefederally-operated exchange, Healthcare.gov, while 3.1 million gotplans through the 13 state-run exchanges.

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