Affordable Care Act more popular in Alabama

More Alabamians are signing up for health insurance through the federal marketplace than last year. The Department of Health and Human Services says these consumers are snapping up policies at a much faster rate as well. Nearly sixty five thousand Alabamians selected plans in the marketplace during November and December. That compares to nearly twenty nine thousand who had signed up during the same time last year. Washington says ninety one percent of those who have selected a plan are eligible for federal assistance. That's higher than the national average of 87 percent.