The number of St. Clair and Madison county residents who have enrolled in health care plans under the Affordable Care Act has dropped by nearly 47 percent compared to a year ago, according to figures released by the Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation.
Foundation figures show that 752 St. Clair and Madison county residents enrolled by the end of December, with 353 signing up for qualified health plans on the insurance marketplace, while 399 enrolled in the expanded, state-funded Medicaid system, for a total of 752 enrollees, foundation figures show.
This compares to the number of people who signed up a year ago, when 136 signed up for qualified health plans and 1,278 signed up for the expanded Medicaid program, for a total of 1,414 enrollees, according to foundation figures.
Statewide, 121,243 residents have selected plans through the state’s health insurance marketplace leading up to the Dec. 15 deadline to guarantee coverage that starts Jan. 1. About 80 percent of Illinois residents who picked health insurance plans during the first month of the sign-up, which began Nov. 15, qualified for financial help. Forty-six percent of enrollees signed up for a marketplace plan, while 54 percent signed up for the first time, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced.
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