PORTLAND, Maine - More than 84,000 Mainers signed up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act's online marketplace this year.
Emily Brostek of Consumers for Affordable Health Care says the number has steadily climbed from the initial 44,000 people who enrolled when the marketplace first opened in 2014. "These numbers tell me that Mainers are really looking for - and have been needing - a way to get quality, affordable coverage."
Brostek says the numbers are bittersweet because about 30,000 low-income Mainers are unable to access insurance on the marketplace because the state has not expanded Medicaid.
