(Bloomberg) -- More than 8.5 million people have signed up for individual health plans through Obamacare’s government-run shopping market this year or had their coverage renewed, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
The report tallies enrollees for 2016 coverage through Dec. 26 in 38 states that use the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s federal marketplace, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said.
There was a Dec. 17 deadline for people to choose coverage that begins Jan. 1. About 8.3 million people had signed up through Dec. 19.
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