More than 13,000 in Youngstown area enroll in ACA

YOUNGSTOWN — More than 188,000 Ohioans have enrolled in private plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace, including more than 13,000 in the Youngstown area.

Those figures are since January 2014, when the people could begin accessing health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

Additionally, more than 462,000 Ohioans have enrolled for expanded Medicaid, including some 12,000 in Mahoning County and 11,000 in Trumbull County.

Medicaid is the joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with limited income and resources.

The number of uninsured is down to a little more than 500,000 compared to 1.2 million in 2013 in Ohio. Nationally, the uninsured rate in 2013 was 18 percent compared with 11.4 percent this year, representing a decrease of about 16 million people, said Trey Daly, Get Covered America Ohio state director.

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