With open enrollment closing in less than a week and the Republican presidential frontrunner vowing to completely dismantle the program, a record-high 20 million people have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, the Associated Press reports.
The number is a 25% increase from last year when 16.3 million Americans got health insurance through the exchange, and it will likely go up before the January 16th deadline. Many of those getting insurance through the exchanges were previously covered under Medicaid but lost coverage after pandemic-related regulations banning state governments from removing people from government-sponsored plans expired.