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State Health Commissioner Nirav Shah released the new numbers for New York’s enrollment in Obamacare. The state is among the nations highest in enrollment so far.
State Health Commissioner Nirav Shah released the new numbers for New York’s enrollment in Obamacare. The state is among the nations highest in enrollment so far.
New York State’s Obamacare health insurance exchange has enrolled 380,747 people since it became operational on Oct. 1, health officials revealed on Monday, February 3.

More than 150,000 of those enrollees have obtained their health care coverage since  Dec. 24. That day served as the deadline for plans that were set to take effect on January 1. New Yorkers now have until March 31, according to the New York Daily News, to sign up for health care plans or Medicaid in order to avoid a tax penalty.

“We’re very pleased that activity on the NY State of Health site continues to be high. Since December 24, more than 150,000 New Yorkers have enrolled for quality, low-cost health insurance,” Donna Frescatore, executive director of the exchange said in a statement.  “The numbers overall are very strong as well, with over 380,000 enrolled and more than 657,000 people have completed applications since the October 1 launch of the Marketplace. It is important to remind all New Yorkers that the open enrollment period runs through March 31, 2014, and we encourage individuals to take advantage of the opportunities available on the Marketplace.”

New York’s health insurance exchange has been one of the finer moments since Obamacare began, the NYDN reported, saying New York has some of the highest enrollment totals in the nation. State health officials maintain that they are on track to meet their goal of enrolling 1.1 million people by the end of 2016.

State Health Commissioner Nirav Shah detailed the new enrollment figures at a legislative budget hearing in Albany on Monday, which is when these latest figures were revealed.

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