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HHS: Nearly A Million Consumers Have Completed The Health Insurance Sign Up Process; 106,185 Have Selected Plans

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced enrollment numbers today for the federal and state online health insurance marketplaces that opened Oct. 1. According to the HHS statement, a total of 106,185 Americans selected coverage through the health exchanges -- 79,391, or 74.8 percent, though a state marketplace; and 26,794 people, or 25.2 percent, through a federal exchange. HHS determined that "enrollment" includes people who have selected a plan who either have or have not yet paid the first month’s premium. Medicaid enrollment data was also released.

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