Enrollment in the health law's marketplaces surged in December, and the administration's report on the numbers made headlines on Monday - but the national story isn't the whole story.
Enrollment in the health law’s marketplaces surged in December, and the administration’s report on the numbers made headlines on Monday — but the national story isn’t the whole story. Health care is delivered in 50 different state markets, and each state is implementing the health law with varying degrees of success and failure, enthusiasm and hostility.
Reporters at NPR member stations around the country dove into the data the Obama administration released and delivered these dispatches.
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Source: Kaiser Health News
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