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ALBANY, N.Y. -- As Republicans in Congress push to dismantle
Obamacare, New Yorkers are signing up for insurance available under the
federal law in droves.
More than 3.4 million people, nearly 18 percent of the state's
population, had enrolled in coverage through the New York health
insurance exchange as of Dec. 24, the state health department announced
today.
Enrollment has increased more than 22 percent since the last open
enrollment period ended Jan. 31, 2016. The 2017 open enrollment period
will close at the end of this month.
The state said enrollment in the Essential Plan, a low-cost
government-funded plan for the working poor that debuted last year, has
increased 67 percent. As of Dec. 24 nearly 634,000 people had enrolled
in the Essential Plan, up from 380,000 at the end of the 2016 open
enrollment period.
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Source: NYup.com (via The Empire Report)
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