741 New Jerseyans enrolled in health exchange plans in first month
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Last updated: Thursday November 14, 2013, 12:25 AM
BY COLLEEN DISKIN AND BARBARA WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
Fewer than 750 New Jersey residents and about 106,000 people nationwide have enrolled in a health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act — lackluster numbers that are sure to fuel critics’ attempts to rollback key provisions of the nation’s new health care law.
Millions of individuals nationwide have tried to access the trouble-plagued federal website to shop for insurance, but many have been stymied by technical glitches. In New Jersey, only 23,000 applications – which would cover about 42,000 people — were filed by residents seeking individual or family policies. But just 741 of those applicants have chosen specific health coverage, a necessary step to complete the enrollment process, according to a report released Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There are some 900,000 residents in the state that are uninsured and must get coverage or face a fine.
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