But the silver lining is that insured people who join the health care markets improve the risk pool.

Hundreds of thousands of people across the country with pre-existing chronic conditions such as cancer, heart failure or kidney disease who are covered through high risk-insurance pools will see their coverage dissolve by year’s end.

Despite the well-chronicled woes of the Obamacare rollout, the HHS secretary said it has improved dramatically.

Officials expect to have it humming along by the end of the month.