Enrollment

It may be that the millions of Americans who so far have not signed up for health insurance through the public exchanges may not want the essential package that even basic plans must include by law.

More than 1 million people waited until the last five days to sign up for 2014 health coverage under Obamacare, and early indications are that many were young minorities, insurance analysts and enrollment groups said.

There's plenty of discussion about private exchanges these days.

This is a follow up to my column in the November issue, when I tried a bit of crowdsourcing to discover how the voluntary benefits business can do better at retaining customers.

A former longtime advisor to President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday at the 2014 Benefits Selling Expo that the employer mandate a key piece of the law will not survive.

The administration released its official enrollment numbers this week, and to the surprise of virtually no one, they hit their target with just hours to spare.