Health Department Says New York On Track To Meet Obamacare Enrollment Goal
Source: NY Daily News
Nearly 330,000 people have signed up for health care coverage through New York’s Obamacare insurance marketplace, according to the latest update from the state Health Department.
Health officials said the newest figures show that New York is on track to meet its goal of enrolling 1.1 million people by the end of 2016.
“Activity on the NY State of Health site remains high, as close to 100,000 New Yorkers enrolled for quality, low-cost health insurance since December 24,” Donna Frescatore, executive director of NY State of Health, said. “We are very pleased with our overall results to date as well, with almost 330,000 enrolled, and more than 587,000 people have completed applications since the October 1 launch of the Marketplace.”
The newest figures show that as of 9 a.m. Monday, 587,486 people had completed their applications on the insurance exchange and 328,796 went on to enroll in some sort of coverage.
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