1.2M sign up for Obamacare plans in Florida

23 Jan 1.2M sign up for Obamacare plans in Florida

With a month remaining to sign up for a health plan through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces, Florida leads the 37 states using the federally-run exchange in the number of people who selected a plan or were automatically re-enrolled, the Department of Health and Human Services reported Wednesday.

Nearly 1.2 million Floridians have signed up for a plan since open enrollment began Nov. 15, HHS reported, exceeding the Sunshine State’s total for the prior year, when 983,775 consumers selected a plan. That number was later reduced to account for those who didn’t keep up with their payments.