Feds Pleased with Final Obamacare Enrollment Figures

By Bryan Thompson

Published February 4, 2016 at 10:47 PM CST

The open enrollment period for the federal health insurance marketplace ended Monday night, and officials are pleased with the final results. According to Sylvia Burwell, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 12.7 million Americans selected plans through the individual market, including four million new enrollees.

More than 101,000 Kansans are included in the enrollment numbers. Missouri had more than 290,000 enrollees this year.

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This story was contributed by Bryan Thompson of the KHI News Service.

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Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.

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