Nearly 8.5 million Americans signed up for Affordable Care Act health plans for 2019 in the 39 states relying on HealthCare.gov — with a last-minute rush that suggests shoppers were undeterred by a federal court ruling that deemed the law unconstitutional.
The tally as of midnight Saturday was a 4 percent drop from a year ago, according to federal figures released Wednesday. This is a decrease from 8.8 million last year.
