Surge of Texans signed up for health care in final weeks
New numbers out show that 734,000 Texans bought health insurance through the federal marketplace from last October to April 19, 2014, a report released by Health and Human Services shows.
Prior to March 1, an anemic 295,000 people had signed up, but in the final stretch of the Affordable Care Act first-year sign-up, another 439,000 obtained private insurance through the exchange.
Health care advocates applauded the new sign-up numbers and said the results are impressive, especially in the face of strong opposition from virtually every state Republican leader.
Texas has made more progress on affordable health insurance in the last six months than in the last decade, said Stacey Pogue, a health care analyst at the left-leaning Center for Public Policy Priorities.
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