9.5 Million Consumers Signed Up For Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage

On January 27, 2015, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 9.5 million consumers had either selected or were automatically reenrolled for health insurance coverage from the Health Insurance Marketplace through the second month of 2015 Open Enrollment period. Of that group, 7.1 million were in the 37 states that utilize the federally-facilitated marketplace (HealthCare.gov), and the remaining 2.4 million used state-based marketplaces in 14 states, including Washington, D.C. The states of California (1.2 million) and Florida (nearly 1.3 million) have had the highest plan selections to . . .