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Humana enrolls 202,000 through exchanges

Humana Inc. said it has received 202,000 applications for health insurance through the Obamacare exchanges.

By Caroline Chen | Updated on February 05, 2014
(AP Photo/Brian Bohannon, file)
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) — Humana Inc. said it has received 202,000 applications for health insurance through the Obamacare exchanges and reaffirmed its 2014 forecast citing better-than- expected Medicare membership growth.

The applicants cover the period from Oct. 1 through Jan. 31, Humana said in a statement today. Last week, WellPoint Inc., the most active insurer in the exchanges, said it had added 500,000 members.

The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is expected to cover 6 million people through the exchanges this year, according to a Congressional Budget Office report yesterday. Humana last month said it expected many of the new customers it gains under the law will be sicker and costlier than previously anticipated, after the U.S. decision to let healthier people keep their existing plans.

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