AUGUSTA — Nearly 60,000 Mainers have enrolled in plans on the health care exchange.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that 59,126 Maine residents had signed up for coverage as of Friday. The open enrollment session began Nov. 15 and extends through Feb. 15.
Thursday is the deadline for people to get insurance starting Feb. 1.
Federal officials say that at least 163,000 people nationally signed up last week. That brings the total to nearly 6.8 million people in 37 states, including Maine, where the federal government is running the new health insurance markets.
During the first six-month enrollment session last year, more than 44,000 Mainers enrolled in coverage on the exchange.
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A one-year checkup on how the ACA is doing in Maine and a subsidy calculator can be found at SunJournal.com/ACA201
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Lewiston insurer is a national ‘rock star’
Today, a year after it started offering health insurance from its Lewiston headquarters in the Bates Mill, Maine Community Health Options has more than 40,000 members.
Profiles of Mainers who bought health insurance through the ACA marketplace:
- Barb Gabri: ‘Rolling the dice’ without insurance
- Charlene Brousseau: Sticking with the ACA
- Sherri Tripp: ‘I think it’s wonderful’
- Blake Pooler: Finally insured, for $160 a month
- $22 a month: ‘I am totally flabbergasted’
- Business owner: ACA offered another option
You’ve seen how the Affordable Care Act affected other Mainers in 2014. How about you? Good, bad or neutral — share your ACA stories.
Resources:
- How the ACA changed your insurance
- Who are the health insurers competing for Mainers’ money
- Where to get help
- Tips, hints and other things you need to know
- Get insurance: The step-by-step
- Answers to frequently asked questions
- Know the lingo
- ACA by the numbers
Affordable Care Act 101: We break down the ACA, what it does and what it requires you to do.
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