Donald Trump hates a lot of things. Humility. People's honest opinions of him. Gloves with regular-sized fingers. But perhaps the thing he hates more than anything else in the world, even more than being reminded of the fact that he never won an Emmy, is his predecessor Barack Obama. He hates former President Obama. As such, his administration's only real direction so far has been "undo all of President Obama's achievements."

And there's no Obama-era policy that he has fought harder to kill than the former President's signature piece of legislation, Obamacare. After countless failed attempts at killing the bill through legislative means, Trump decided he'd try to kill it by starving it. Its marketing budget? Yeah that went bye-bye. The idea was that if fewer people knew about the enrollment period, then fewer people would sign up for the service, and therefore the pools wouldn't be full of enough healthy people, who won't use their coverage much, to offset the cost of the sick people, who will have to use it constantly. It's a plan that is equal parts devious and terrifying. Which is why it delights me to tell you that it doesn't seem to be working.

According to The Hill, Obamacare signups during the first few days of enrollment have set new records and have surprised many in the industry.

The surge in sign-ups, which was confirmed by an administration official, comes despite fears from Democrats that enrollment would fall off due to the Trump administration's cutbacks in outreach and advertising. On the first day of enrollment alone, Nov. 1, one source close to the process told The Hill that more than 200,000 people selected a plan for 2018, compared with about 100,000 last year. More than 1 million people visited healthcare.gov that day, compared to about 750,000 last year, the source said.

Now, some caveats. We're still early in the process, and enrollment isn't as long as it's been in the past, so it's still possible that we'll see an overall drop in Obamacare numbers. But, this is a very positive sign and a great piece of news. It shows that the popularity of the ACA has actually grown the more and more it's come under attack, and that it doesn't necessarily need the government to be making the marketing push for people to find out about it. So if you haven't yet, and you don't have insurance, go now and check out healthcare.gov. Be a part of making President Trump and Congressional Republicans grumpy. Also, you know, enjoy having health care and all that. Definitely that too.