the 7.1 million sign - ups for health insurance exchanges are folks working . so : for a while , americans for prosperity was drenching arkansas in ads that told the story of a woman whose health insurance had been canceled by the coverage mandates of the aca . fertile , because the state 's rapid sprint away from conservative democrats and toward conservative republicans makes it pretty easy to beat up democrats like sen. mark pryor . ( luckily , as republicans are finding in west virginia and kentucky , republican voters do n't change overnight simply because they can access health insurance . ) what was afp to published on apr 1 , 2014 listen to jerry from arkansas explain the problems and uncertainty obamacare has caused for him and his wife . ” the latest tally represents the total number of americans who selected health plans through state and federal marketplaces created by the law since oct. 1 . he seemed bemused by the continuing efforts of republicans were treacherous , because the state 's republican legislature has pioneered and continued a " private option " for medicaid expansion , cleaving the tea party ( americans for prosperity , et al . ) then tell mark pryor to stop supporting obamacare at http : www .