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Obama: Healthcare sign-ups jump to 8 million

Posted at 3:48 PM, Apr 17, 2014
and last updated 2014-04-17 15:56:47-04

(CNN) — The number of American who signed up for private insurance in the marketplace has grown to 8 million, President Barack Obama said Thursday during a rare appearance at the daily White House news conference, where he talked about the Affordable Care Act.

About 35% of the people who have signed up for private insurance under of the Affordable Care Act are younger than 35.

Additionally, Obama addressed the crisis in Ukraine.

“I don’t think we can be sure of anything (in the Ukrainian crisis). I think there is the possibility, the prospect, that diplomacy may deescalate the situation,” President Barack Obama said Thursday at the daily White House news conference when asked about a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, between top officials from the United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union.

From a news release from the White House: