More than 2 million New Yorkers have enrolled in health insurance through the state’s health plan marketplace since it began more than a year ago.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the statistics Wednesday. He says 89 percent of those who signed up had no insurance before they enrolled.
The governor says the 2 million benchmark is a “tremendous milestone” for the state’s system and for efforts to provide affordable care to all residents of the state.
According to the state, nearly 1.5 million of the 2 million people enrolled in Medicaid. More than 500,000 chose a private plan.
The current enrollment period ends on Feb. 15.
The state’s health marketplace is known as the NY State of Health. It first opened in Oct. 2013.
(AP)
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I would be interested to know how many frum people are now covered by the plans made available through NY State of Health.