White House ‘confident’ in O-Care website

Just days before the Affordable Care Act deadline, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Friday the administration is “confident” the healthcare website will be able to handle the volume of users in the final push. 

Speaking to reporters as President Obama traveled to Saudi Arabia, Carney would not say how many sign-ups they are expecting in the final few days.

{mosads}The deadline for signing up is Monday, though the administration says people who have attempted to start an account before March 31 can still enroll in the exchanges after the deadline.

Carney did not make any announcements about what events Obama would hold before the final day. 

The enrollment figures have increased in recent weeks with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services delivering the news Thursday that 6 million people signed up ahead of the March 31 deadline. 

The numbers mean that approximately 1 million people enrolled in recent days, and 1.8 million signed up throughout the month of March. Approximately 2 million people signed up in January and February. 

However, it is unclear how many of those people have actually made a premium payment, which is the threshold for actually purchasing insurance on the exchanges.