Utah Obamacare Enrollment Up More Than 400%

KUER 90.1 | By Andrea Smardon

Published December 11, 2013 at 3:36 PM MST

The number of Utahns who have signed up for health insurance through the federal exchange quadrupled last month. That’s according to federal enrollment data released Wednesday morning.

More than 1,800 Utahns have purchased health insurance on the exchange. That’s up from the 357 who signed up in October during healthcare-dot-gov’s troubled rollout. The ratio reflects the national increase in enrollment, and the numbers suggest there will be more. About 33,000 Utahns have applications pending. Of those, more than 8000 were determined to be eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The deadline for enrollment is December 23^rd to begin coverage on January 1^st. Last year, about 376,000 Utahns did not have health insurance.

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Andrea Smardon

Andrea Smardon is new at KUER, but she has worked in public broadcasting for more than a decade. Most recently, she worked as a reporter and news announcer for WGBH radio. While in Boston, she produced stories for Morning Edition, Marketplace Money, and The World. Her print work was published in The Boston Globe and Boston.com. Prior to that, she worked at Seattleââ

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