PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Uninsured Pennsylvanians are having better luck finalizing insurance coverage through the once-gummed-up government exchange.
Highmark Inc., the state’s largest health insurer, said on Tuesday that the number of people it has enrolled for so-called Obamacare policies has jumped sixfold in the past four weeks. Highmark said 10,112 people bought its plans as of Dec. 9 — up from 1,665 on Nov. 12.
The growing success in signing up uninsured individuals occurred as the federal government worked feverishly to iron out the technical kinks in the exchange it runs for Pennsylvania and 35 other states that had made it nearly impossible for people to enroll for coverage… (more)
