Minnesota's Obamacare enrollment jumps more than 34 percent, as state-run markets blow by Trump-hobbled HealthCare.gov
Dan Mangan | @_DanMangan
Thursday, 9 Feb 2017 | 4:06 PM ET
cnbc.com
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Obamacare sign-ups on Minnesota's insurance marketplace sharply spiked upward this year, providing more evidence for the claim that Trump administration actions caused lower enrollment on the federal health exchange.
MNSure, the state-run health exchange for Minnesota, on Thursday reported that 114,810 people signed up for private individual insurance plans sold on that marketplace by the close of enrollment this week.
That tally is more than 34 percent higher than the 85,690 enrollments seen on the exchange last year.
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Sign-ups on the 12 Obamacare insurance exchanges run by states and the District of Columbia now have, as a group, handily beat the performance of the federal exchange HealthCare.gov, which serves residents of 39 states. Seven of the 12 state-based markets reported increases in enrollment compared to last year.
Enrollment on the state exchanges, which now stands at above 3 million, is up about 2.4 percent over last year's tally, according to the leading Obamacare tracking site ACASigups.net. The final tally from Vermont, which has yet to report its results, would add to that, albeit very slightly.
In contrast, the 9.2 million sign-ups on HealthCare.gov reported last week means the federal exchange has seen a more than 5 percent drop in enrollment. That drop takes into account the fact that Kentucky residents began being served there this year.
Because of the drop on HealthCare.gov, national Obamacare enrollment for 2017 health plans is on track to be about 500,000 people lower than were seen at the close of enrollment nationally last year.
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