Those seeking health plans on the state and federal marketplace exchanges will be able to use a number of new features to estimate out-of-pocket costs, and to discover which prescription drugs, doctors and facilities are covered in their area.

The new features, which had been piloted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier during the current enrollment period, are now “fully deployed” for all consumers seeking insurance, CMS announced on Friday.

The features, which were previously tested on about a quarter of Healthcare.gov shoppers, are aimed at better aligning a person’s specific needs with their insurance policy. Since their pilot launch, roughly two million consumers have used the tools, said the agency.

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