According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, 387 Louisiana residents signed up for health care plans during
October through the ObamaCare Marketplace.
7,700 Louisiana residents submitted applications but didn’t
choose an insurance plan yet.
It is estimated that 265,000 Louisiana residents are without
health insurance and another 93,000 have already had their current insurance
policies cancelled due to ObamaCare.
Nationwide, in October, 106,000 people chose a health care
plan. About 3/4 of the 106,000 have signed up through state exchanges with only
26,800 actually coming through the federal HealthCare.gov web site.
Louisiana does not have a state exchange so all 387 signups
came through HealthCare.gov.
President Obama had estimated that 500,000 would purchase
health insurance through the HealthCare.gov web site during the first month and
7 Million by the end of March 2014.
