Obama Announces ACA Sign-up Numbers (14 images)

President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden walk along the West Colonnade to the Rose Garden to announce that 7.1 million people have signed up for the Affordable Care Act, during event at the White House in Washington, DC on April 1, 2014. Obama said the better-than-expected numbers meant that the ACA was here to stay and that there should be no further debate to repeal it. UPI/Pat Benic

President Barack Obama walks along the West Colonnade to the Rose Garden to announce that 7.1 million people have signed up for the Affordable Care Act, during event at the White House in Washington, DC on April 1, 2014. Obama said the better-than-expected numbers meant that the ACA was here to stay and that there should be no further debate to repeal it. UPI/Pat Benic

President Barack Obama with Vice-President Joe Biden announces that 7.1 million people have signed up for the Affordable Care Act, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on April 1, 2014. Obama said the better-than-expected numbers meant that the ACA was here to stay and that there should be no further debate to repeal it. UPI/Pat Benic

President Barack Obama with Vice-President Joe Biden announces that 7.1 million peoplee have signed up for the Affordable Care Act, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on April 1, 2014. Obama said the better-than-expected numbers meant that the ACA was here to stay and that there should be no further debate to repeal it. UPI/Pat Benic