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Enroll America is now unenrolling.

The number of individuals who now receive their health insurance via one of the private exchanges has doubled in the past year, from 3 million in 2014 to 6 million this year.

The national focus on reducing health care spending while providing coverage to more Americans is working. A key contributor to that trend: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Manulife Financial Corp.s John Hancock Life Insurance will discount premiums by as much as 15 percent for policy holders who track and perform well on metrics such as daily exercise, annual health screenings and flu shot.

Here's what one expert sees as the flaws to the Zenefits approach.

About 6 million people got health insurance coverage via such online portals this year, up from 3 million in 2014.