by Gabrielle O’Neal and McKenize Martin

The Department of Health and Human Services released the Enrollment Report for February 2014 on Wednesday. This is the programs fourth report since its start on Oct. 1, 2013.

After much controversy the Affordable Care Act was launched after the Supreme Court ruled it constitutional and was made available for enrollment in October 2013. When the program launched on October 1, flaws in the marketplace website made it difficult for people to enroll. They were unable to go through the steps to receive a quote, and complete the transaction. Changes were made to the website and resulted in overall enrollment rates rising throughout the country.

The recently released data shows big changes in enrollment rates in Tennessee. According to the data, as of February 2014, there are 87,890 people in Tennessee enrolled in government healthcare. The initial enrollment rate in November of 2013 was 992 and by December 2014 the enrollment rate was 4,507. The enrollment rate jumped about 35 percent in a month. The enrollment rate has gone up about 87 percent from its initial launch in October 2013 to February.

The national enrollment for the first month in November 2013 was 106,158 enrolled and by February 2014, more than 3,000, 000 were enrolled and had selected a marketplace plan. Overall, the national enrollment rate went up about 27 percent.

Tennessee, like Texas and North Carolina do not have their own marketplace and are still on the federal facilitated market place. The initial enrollment rate in Texas was 2,991. As of February 2014, the enrollment rate was 273, 496. Enrollment in Texas went up about 90 percent. In North Carolina, the initial enrollment rate was 1,662. By February 2014, the enrollment rate was 175, 515. The North Carolina enrollment rate went up about 104 percent.

Average height for 2012 Summer Olympian , 5 feet 9 inches tall

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In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, hosted  10, 385 athletes from 208 countries competing for gold in 44 sports.  Gymnastics had the shortest average height of about 5 feet 3 inches. Basketball had the tallest average height of about 6 feet 3 inches.  The overall average height for all 44 sports was about 5 feet 9 inches.