million people who were previously uninsured have gotten insurance through staying on their parents plan, medicaid or private insurance in the exchange. now, no one expected you would have all 38 million people in the first year. it takes time for people to understand the system, to understand that they need health care, to understand how to go about getting it. and the congressional budget office had the numbers ramping up over three or four years, reaching steady state in about 2016, 2017. and i think that s where we really have to aim it towards, recognizing that this is going to be a step wise process. it s not going to happen all at once. and we do have to prepare for the next enrollment period, november 15. we re going to have to upgrade the website to make it easier, and probably build some brick and mortar shops. those seem to have actually made a big difference in many places, having a store where people could go in and talk to someone.
the first year. it takes time for people to understand the system, to understand that they need health care, to understand how to go about getting it. and the congressional budget office had the numbers ramping up over three or four years, reaching steady state in about 2016, 2017. and i think that s where we really have to aim it towards, recognizing that this is going to be a step wise process. it s not going to happen all at once. and we do have to prepare for the next enrollment period, november 15. we re going to have to upgrade the website to make it easier, and probably build some brick and mortar shops. those seem to have actually made a big difference in many places, having a store where people could go in and talk to someone. but even with full implementation and full funding, the affordable care act never gets to universal coverage. well, first of all, we don t know whether it s going to get past 96%, 97% or not.