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Connecticut, like other states, launched an online health exchange -- Access Health CT -- where residents can shop for and purchase health insurance. There could be new opportunities for the unemployed or uninsured to receive health insurance. Here, we gather our coverage of changes under the new federal law.

As Registration Deadline Looms, New Affordable Care Act Applications Continue

Kaiser Health News

Open enrollment for the second year of the Affordable Care Act ends in one month, but how many people have signed up so far? 

Jason Madrakis Chief Marketing Officer for Access Health CT, the state insurance marketplace responsible for implementing Obamacare in Connecticut. He said since the beginning of open enrollment, more than 200,000 applications have come through his system.

"That's inclusive of both people who have come to us for the first time as well as any individual who has renewed again during the period beginning on November 15," Madrak said.

Access Health CT processed about 24,000 new applications for private insurance and nearly 84,000 applications for Medicaid, the insurance program for the poor.

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Access Health CT

To date, Madrak said ConnectiCare has taken the majority of new registrations in private plans: about 43 percent.

Open enrollment ends February 15. Read more about enrollment numbers here.

Patrick Skahill is a reporter and digital editor at Connecticut Public. Prior to becoming a reporter, he was the founding producer of Connecticut Public Radio's The Colin McEnroe Show, which began in 2009. Patrick's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered. He has also reported for the Marketplace Morning Report. He can be reached at pskahill@ctpublic.org.

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