DOVER, Del. (AP) - Officials are updating this year's final enrollment numbers on Delaware's health insurance exchange.
Sunday was the deadline to sign up for exchange coverage this year under the Affordable Care Act.
Federal officials reported last week that more than 26,500 had selected plans on Delaware's exchange, but Delaware's Health Care Commission will get an update Thursday.
More than 80 percent of enrolled Delawareans have qualified for premium subsidies.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, which dominates individual market share in Delaware, was granted an average premium increase of 22.4 percent for individual plans. Aetna Health and Aetna Life Insurance Co. were approved for average increases of about 17 percent.
The penalty for not having coverage is 2.5 percent of household income, or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child, whichever is higher.
