How Obamacare is affecting health insurance enrollment

Modern Healthcare: Obamacare has expanded health insurance to millions of Americans, and the latest enrollment data show that the individual and managed Medicaid markets have ballooned the most over the past year.

Carriers recorded the largest membership gains in the individual market, where enrollment grew 44% from the third quarter of 2013 to the third quarter of 2014, according to health insurance consulting firm Mark Farrah Associates. About 17.6 million people had individual health plans unaffiliated with employers as of Sept. 30, up 5.3 million from the same time in 2013.

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