Enrollment in Idaho’s insurance exchange has blossomed after the federal government in December fixed the website that residents use to sign up for health insurance coverage, with roughly 20,000 people buying individual and family coverage in time for it to begin Jan. 1.
That’s up from 1,730 people who purchased coverage available via Your Health Idaho through Nov. 30.
Beginning March 1, virtually all Americans must have insurance or face an annual penalty. Individual fines start at a minimum $95 in 2014 and rise annually to a $695 minimum by 2016. For uninsured kids in 2014, the fine is $47.50 each.
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