Nearly 20,000 insured through Idaho exchange

The latest data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that the number of Idahoans who have selected a health insurance plan on Your Health Idaho has increased by 1,000-percent from just one month ago.

Your Health Idaho, the state's web-based insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act, released the updated information Monday in a press release. 

 In Idaho, 19,922 Idahoans have selected a health insurance plan from an Idaho carrier. In addition, 25,828 applications have been completed, representing 48,082 Idahoans eligible to enroll in a Your Health Idaho plan.

This latest information released from Health and Human Services shows that Idahoans of all ages groups are buying health insurance on Idaho’s state-based exchange. Idahoans between 55 and 64-years of age have purchased the greatest number of plans totaling 31-percent of health plans selected. Idahoans between 18 and 34-years old have purchased 24-percent of the plans.