The Obama administration released long-awaited numbers on the rocky HealthCare.gov rollout Wednesday, announcing that 106,185 people had picked an insurance plan in the first month since the federal and state exchanges launched – well below the nearly 500,000 officials had projected would sign up over that period.
The new data show that the state-run exchanges have been significantly more successful than the troubled federal marketplace. The exchanges for 14 states and the District of Columbia have accounted for 79,391 of the new enrollees, or about three quarters of the total. In all, just under 10 percent of people who have been determined to be eligible to enroll in an Obamacare plan have actually chosen a plan, including 21 percent of eligible consumers going through the state-based marketplaces and 4 percent of those using the federal exchange.
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The state-by-state signups vary dramatically. California, the state with the largest population of uninsured, saw more than 35,000 individuals select an insurance plan, by far the most of any state – and thousands more than the federal exchange covering 36 other states. In North Dakota, by contrast, just 42 people signed up through the federal exchange, and just 58 people signed up in South Dakota.
Enrollments in the California exchange plans have accelerated since the beginning of November, state officials announced Wednesday in releasing numbers that cover a broader time period than those released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In the first 12 days of November, 29,000 people enrolled in insurance plans offered through the state marketplace, called Covered California. That’s about double the signup rate for October, when about a thousand people a day signed up.
“The numbers are better than encouraging. They show momentum and very high consumer interest,” Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee said. “As anticipated, consumers spent October comparing plans and educating themselves about their health care options, including financial assistance options.” In total, the state says nearly 60,000 people have enrolled in insurance plans since Oct. 1.
Here are the state and federal numbers released by the Department of Health and Human Services. The full HHS release is available here.
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| State Name | Total Number of Completed Applications (2) | Total Individuals Applying for Coverage in Completed Applications (3) | Total Eligible to Enroll in a Marketplace Plan (4) | Eligible to Enroll in a Marketplace Plan with Financial Assistance (5) | Determined or Assessed Eligible for Medicaid / CHIP by the Marketplace (6) | Pending/ Other (7) | Number of Individuals Who Have Selected a Marketplace Plan (8) | ||||||||
| States Implementing Their Own Marketplaces (SBMs) | |||||||||||||||
| California (9) |
105,782
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192,489
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93,663
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N/A
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79,519
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19,307
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35,364
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| Colorado (10) |
20,492
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45,575
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36,335
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8,742
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N/A
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9,240
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3,736
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| Connecticut |
12,337
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18,815
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12,325
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6,807
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6,490
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0
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4,418
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| District Of Columbia (11) |
2,541
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Hawaii (12) |
1,754
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2,379
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1,156
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N/A
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N/A
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1,223
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N/A
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| Kentucky |
50,279
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76,294
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39,207
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13,201
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28,676
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8,411
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5,586
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| Maryland |
10,917
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N/A
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3,498
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2,638
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5,923
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N/A
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1,284
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| Massachusetts (13) |
14,413
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Minnesota (14) |
15,268
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31,447
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21,532
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6,759
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9,166
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749
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1,774
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| Nevada |
9,186
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14,819
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N/A
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N/A
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5,710
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9,109
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1,217
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| New York |
N/A
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N/A
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134,897
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34,267
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23,902
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N/A
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16,404
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| Oregon (15) |
8,752
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N/A
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190
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N/A
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425
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N/A
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N/A
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| Rhode Island |
6,670
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9,581
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3,326
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2,086
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3,447
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2,808
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1,192
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| Vermont |
3,242
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5,540
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3,341
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1,078
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1,411
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788
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1,325
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| Washington (16) |
64,990
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119,309
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29,503
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13,375
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48,196
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41,610
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7,091
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| SBM Subtotal |
326,623
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516,248
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378,973
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88,953
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212,865
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93,245
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79,391
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| States With Marketplaces that are Supported by or Fully-Run by HHS (FFM) | |||||||||||||||
| Idaho (17) | 4,753 | 10,573 | 7,733 | 3,305 | 1,597 | 1,243 | 338 | ||||||||
| New Mexico (17,18) | 4,055 | 7,529 | 4,249 | 1,549 | 3,552 | N/A | 172 | ||||||||
| Alabama | 10,573 | 20,840 | 14,696 | 4,910 | 2,262 | 3,882 | 624 | ||||||||
| Alaska | 1,253 | 2,203 | 1,606 | 598 | 368 | 229 | 53 | ||||||||
| Arizona | 17,220 | 32,897 | 20,741 | 7,156 | 11,339 | 817 | 739 | ||||||||
| Arkansas | 7,294 | 14,059 | 6,123 | 2,279 | 7,430 | 506 | 250 | ||||||||
| Delaware | 1,897 | 3,491 | 2,204 | 674 | 1,200 | 87 | 97 | ||||||||
| Florida | 67,366 | 123,870 | 93,456 | 29,637 | 12,887 | 17,527 | 3,571 | ||||||||
| Georgia | 28,642 | 56,783 | 41,426 | 12,757 | 7,709 | 7,648 | 1,390 | ||||||||
| Illinois | 30,901 | 56,636 | 35,802 | 11,603 | 19,447 | 1,387 | 1,370 | ||||||||
| Indiana | 15,982 | 31,979 | 19,093 | 7,890 | 11,305 | 1,581 | 701 | ||||||||
| Iowa | 5,547 | 10,884 | 6,104 | 2,079 | 4,490 | 290 | 136 | ||||||||
| Kansas | 6,061 | 12,205 | 9,087 | 3,009 | 1,718 | 1,400 | 371 | ||||||||
| Louisiana | 7,702 | 14,163 | 10,294 | 3,277 | 1,460 | 2,409 | 387 | ||||||||
| Maine | 3,550 | 6,497 | 5,061 | 2,116 | 623 | 813 | 271 | ||||||||
| Michigan | 23,987 | 44,025 | 34,197 | 12,468 | 4,978 | 4,850 | 1,329 | ||||||||
| Mississippi | 4,339 | 8,204 | 5,822 | 1,662 | 925 | 1,457 | 148 | ||||||||
| Missouri | 14,131 | 27,911 | 20,121 | 7,111 | 4,157 | 3,633 | 751 | ||||||||
| Montana | 2,683 | 5,205 | 3,815 | 1,711 | 457 | 933 | 212 | ||||||||
| Nebraska | 4,947 | 9,973 | 7,453 | 2,967 | 2,295 | 225 | 338 | ||||||||
| New Hampshire | 4,006 | 7,817 | 5,767 | 2,016 | 1,643 | 407 | 269 | ||||||||
| New Jersey | 23,021 | 42,372 | 23,985 | 8,082 | 17,460 | 927 | 741 | ||||||||
| North Carolina | 29,547 | 57,653 | 42,110 | 15,051 | 7,404 | 8,139 | 1,662 | ||||||||
| North Dakota | 969 | 1,845 | 1,180 | 370 | 585 | 80 | 42 | ||||||||
| Ohio | 24,050 | 45,128 | 34,374 | 11,866 | 7,535 | 3,219 | 1,150 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma | 6,905 | 14,169 | 9,952 | 1,432 | 2,412 | 1,805 | 346 | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 31,827 | 57,674 | 43,966 | 15,497 | 3,788 | 9,920 | 2,207 | ||||||||
| South Carolina | 11,249 | 20,980 | 15,257 | 4,973 | 3,112 | 2,611 | 572 | ||||||||
| South Dakota | 1,491 | 3,081 | 2,279 | 822 | 525 | 277 | 58 | ||||||||
| Tennessee | 17,598 | 33,230 | 24,334 | 8,573 | 4,089 | 4,807 | 992 | ||||||||
| Texas | 53,904 | 108,410 | 80,960 | 25,520 | 11,682 | 15,768 | 2,991 | ||||||||
| Utah | 6,186 | 14,580 | 9,318 | 3,883 | 4,816 | 446 | 357 | ||||||||
| Virginia | 21,667 | 42,341 | 32,534 | 9,333 | 4,088 | 5,719 | 1,023 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | 3,807 | 7,096 | 3,442 | 1,268 | 3,103 | 551 | 174 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin | 19,098 | 34,678 | 22,038 | 8,911 | 10,736 | 1,904 | 877 | ||||||||
| Wyoming | 1,353 | 2,654 | 2,040 | 822 | 219 | 395 | 85 | ||||||||
| FFM Subtotal | 519,561 | 993,635 | 702,619 | 237,177 | 183,396 | 107,892 | 26,794 | ||||||||
| MARKETPLACE TOTAL, All States | 846,184 | 1,509,883 | 1,081,592 | 326,130 | 396,261 | 201,137 | 106,185 | ||||||||
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