Health insurance marketplaces nationwide signed up nearly 4.9 million new customers for 2016 coverage during the third open enrollment period. In total, about 12.7 million people signed up or automatically renewed their plans for 2016 coverage, of which about 40 percent were new customers. In New Hampshire, approximately 17,000 were new customers to the marketplace.
"Almost five million Americans were new to the health insurance marketplaces in 2015, and about 20 million uninsured Americans have gained coverage because of the Affordable Care Act," said Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. "This year's customers are more engaged, savvier and better informed. New customers came in earlier because they wanted a full year's coverage, and 70 percent of existing customers came back to shop and actively selected a plan."

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