Over the ocean the rain belt is often co-located with the ITCZ and precipitation is weaker, but over the continents the winds and boundaries are much weaker and nondescript and precipitation is heavier. Abbreviations are: Cb, cumulonimbus; Ci, cirrus; Ac, altocumulus; As, altostratus; Cu, cumulus; and Sc, stratocumulus.
More Than 4.2 Million People Have Now Enrolled In Obamacare. More than 4.2 million people enrolled into private plans via Obamacare's health insurance exchange marketplaces through March 1, the Department of Health and Human Services announced in a report Tuesday.
Marketplaces provide a set of government-regulated and standardized health care plans from which individuals may purchase health insurance policies eligible for federal subsidies. All ACA health exchanges were to be fully certified and operational by January 1, 2014, under federal law. Enrollment in the marketplaces started on October 1, 2013, and continued for six months. As of April 19, 2014, 8.02 million people had signed up through the health insurance marketplaces.