Access Health enrollment tops 204K as uninsured rate falls

The state’s health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, said Monday that it enrolled 204,358 members during Obamacare’s second annual enrollment period, which ended Feb. 15.

Of that number, 80 percent are in Medicaid plans, or 162,494, while the remaining 20 percent, 41,864, are in plans offered by commercial payers.

A total of 5,889 people enrolled at Access Health enrollment centers in New Britain and New Haven, while 2,416 signed up at partner locations.

Including 2014 enrollment of more than 208,000 people, the exchange now has just over 110,000 commercial insurance customers, Access said.

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Meanwhile, Gallup reported Tuesday that 6 percent of Connecticut’s population was uninsured in 2014, down from 12.3 percent in 2013. Connecticut was tied with Hawaii last year for second-lowest uninsured rate. Massachusetts, which passed a healthcare reform law in 2006, remains at the top, with 4.6 percent uninsured.