Record number of Floridians enrolled in Obamacare

About 6.4 million Americans have signed up for Obamacare, including a record 1.3 million people from Florida.

The Miami Herald reports the Sunshine State leads all other states in people trying to get health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act who signed up by Dec. 19. That’s about a 14 percent increase from last year, when about 1.1 million Floridians signed up coverage in 2016.

The law faces an uncertain future, though, as the new president is inaugurated next month. One of the central campaign promises of President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans was repealing the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that 20 million Americans have gained health insurance because of the legislation.

The Herald reports five Florida regions were counted among the top 30 local markets for enrollment, including the Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne area with 244,682 plan selections.

Related Stories

Gov. Scott does his best to make Obamacare unnavigable

Conspiracy theories regarding healthcare “navigators” prove tough to refute

If Florida’s individual health insurance rates rise, thank Gov. Rick Scott

Our state’s top officials still kicking up a fuss about Affordable Care Act’s arrival in Florida

The Outlook for “Obamacare” in Two Maps

It wasn’t just President Barack Obama who won Tuesday. His signature health care plan did as well. But while the Affordable Care Act remains alive, less clear is how its various mandates will proceed and who will participate.

Pam Bondi goes after Florida hotels for allegedly price gouging during Hurricane Matthew

Florida gets surprise $75 million Medicaid bill

This article appears in Dec 21-27, 2016.