The latest figures show enrollment in private health plans under the Affordable Care Act has topped eight million. The nation’s rate of uninsured is now at its lowest point since 2008, and a Gallup poll shows up to 12 million may have obtained coverage since the fall. At the White House, President Obama touted figures showing over one-third of enrollees are under the age of 35, and that premiums will cost 15 percent lower than predicted.

President Obama: “I find it strange that the Republican position on this law is still stuck in the same place that it has always been. They still can’t bring themselves to admit that the Affordable Care Act is working. They said nobody would sign up. They were wrong about that. They said it would be unaffordable for the country. They were wrong about that.”