1 Million More In Obamacare Next Year, Feds Project
WASHINGTON ― Just over 1 million more people will enroll into health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act’s exchange marketplaces next year, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced Wednesday.
Sign-ups on the Obamacare exchanges begin Nov. 1 and run through Jan. 31, and federal authorities expect that 13.8 million people will choose health insurance policies during that time, 1.1 million more than during the previous enrollment period. Over the course of 2017, 11.4 million people will actually have these plans on average per month ― as consumers either don’t pay premiums or find coverage elsewhere ― which also is 1.1 million more than the 2016 monthly average, according to the department.
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