Obamacare Enrollment Surges to Record Highs

The Biden Administration has announced that a record number of Americans, estimated at 19 million, will be purchasing individual health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2024. So far, 15.3 million Americans have already signed up through HealthCare.gov, marking a 33% increase from last year. The enrollment deadline is January 16. In other healthcare news, a new coronavirus variant called JN.1, an offshoot of the highly mutated "Pirola" strain, is spreading rapidly in the United States. Additionally, the FDA has approved various treatments for dermatitis, bladder cancer, and glaucoma, while Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes for five years.