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Almost 10 million people have signed up for health insurance in state and federal marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act or were re-enrolled in coverage for 2015, federal officials said Wednesday. Nearly 7.5 million people have selected a plan or were automatically re-enrolled on the federal exchange, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, secretary of Health and Human Services, said at a Senate hearing. At least 2.4 million people have come in through state-run exchanges, she said. Those numbers include people who have selected a plan but may not necessarily have paid their first month’s premium. (Armour, 2/4)

The rate of sign-ups is expected to accelerate until the Feb. 15 deadline. Andy Slavitt, principal deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urged people "not to wait until the last minute" to sign up. For those who do, however, there will be 14,000 call center employees available, up from 10,000 now. (O'Donnell, 2/4)

The Obama administration says sign-ups continue to build under the president's health care law ahead of a Feb. 15 enrollment deadline. Nearly 7.5 million people enrolled as of last Friday in 37 states where the federal government is running insurance markets, which offer subsidized private coverage for people who don't have a job-based plan. (2/4)

With just 11 days to go before the Feb. 15 deadline to secure individual coverage for 2015, federal health officials appear well on their way to meeting their cautious goal of enrolling up to 10 million people by year’s end. ... The Congressional Budget Office had projected marketplace enrollment under the health care law to reach 13 million in 2015. But in November 2014, HHS officials suggested the CBO’s enrollment estimate was unrealistic, citing “mixed evidence” and “considerable uncertainty” about underlying assumptions the CBO used to reach those projections. (Pugh, 2/4)

The administration did not say how many of these people have paid their first months’ premiums—that data will likely be available some time after the end of the open enrollment period on Feb. 15. (Ehley, 2/4)

The federal health insurance marketplace will have 40% more call center workers on hand starting Monday to help consumers deal with the final week of Obamacare open enrollment, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. Since open enrollment began Nov.15, nearly 7.5 million consumers selected a plan or were automatically re-enrolled on HealthCare.gov, which handles enrollment for 37 states, HHS said. (O'Donnell, 2/4)