MADISON, Wis. — More than 221,000 Wisconsinites enrolled in medical insurance this 12 months on healthcare.gov, the state’s highest enrollment interval since 2018, the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers introduced Thursday.

The CMS famous 221,128 Wisconsinites signed up and there was a rise of 8,919 enrollees over the past interval.

“It’s thrilling to see 1000’s of Wisconsinites get the high-quality well being care protection they want for themselves and their households,” stated Insurance coverage Commissioner Nathan Houdek. “The work of our Well being Care Protection Partnership has helped join stakeholders throughout the state to enroll extra Wisconsinites on this protection.”

Gov. Tony Evers launched the DHS OCI Well being Care Protection Partnership in 2019 to extend enrollment and medical insurance literacy and enhance enrollment retention. In 2020, this partnership launched WisCovered.com as an accessible useful resource for shoppers to get linked with enrollment data.

The CMS famous that through the open enrollment interval, greater than 43,000 Wisconsinites visited the WisCovered.com web site.

“We’re happy with our aggressive and dependable medical insurance market in Wisconsin and glad to have the ability to present a useful resource like WisCovered.com to share details about that market and join shoppers with enrollment help,” Houdek stated. “Licensed software counselors, navigators and insurance coverage brokers all pitched in all through this era to attach shoppers with the suitable well being protection and we’re grateful to all of the people across the state who helped get extra folks lined.”

The interval ended on Jan. 15, 2023, however people might qualify nonetheless for particular enrollment durations all year long due to private circumstances.

Individuals who have not too long ago misplaced well being protection, gotten married or had a child might qualify. Tribal members and their households might enroll in protection at any time.

Wisconsinites can discover out in the event that they qualify for a particular enrollment interval by calling (877) 947-2211 or discovering free assist by Masking Wisconsin.