8.8 million enroll on health insurance exchange
Approximately 8.8 million people enrolled for 2018 coverage during the six-week open enrollment period that ended
More than four million of those enrollees signed up for insurance in the final week of open enrollment, according to the CMS.
Of the total 8.8 million, more than six million are people renewing their coverage from last year, according to CMS. The remaining two million are new to the exchange.
In
This year's national number is an estimate, as residents in nine other states and the
In addition, federal officials also have granted a special enrollment period through
Officials' estimate was just below last year's sign up of 9.2 million, despite the federal changes to this year's open enrollment period. People had a shortened window to enroll on HealthCare.gov and funding for outreach for the program was cut by the Trump administration.
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