About 122,000 Arizonans signed up for health-care coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s exchange this year, according to new federal numbers.
Over 96,000 of those who signed up were in the Phoenix area. Like almost every county in the state, only one insurer was offering plans in Maricopa County this year.
Last week, the federal government extended the deadline to buy coverage starting next year by several days because so many people were signing up.
Since the health-care law went into effect, about 410,000 Arizonans have gained coverage, both through Medicaid expansion and the individual marketplace. That amounts to a 36 percent decrease in the uninsured rate since 2010.
Those who still want to get covered through HealthCare.gov have until the end of January to do so.
