HealthCare.gov reaches 7.5M enrollees this year — 5 key updates

According to a new report from HHS, around 7.5 million people have signed up on HealthCare.gov, the website giving uninsured Americans the opportunity to purchase healthcare insurance from competing companies on an open online marketplace, according to a Washington Times report.

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Here are five quick facts on the sign-up:

1. Florida has the most people signed up through HealthCare.gov for 2015 plans, at 1.3 million sign-ups.

2. Atlanta, Dallas and Houston tallied between 250,000 and 300,000 sign-ups, while Miami reported 637,514 sign-ups.

3. Minnesota and Wisconsin had the fewest sign-ups among metropolitan areas. Both states use the federal website.

4. Another 2.4 million people are signed-up for insurance this year through state-run insurance exchanges, available in 13 states.

5. The Supreme Court could strike down government subsidies to the exchanges, which would impact around 90 percent of customers on federal exchanges.

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