Nearly 250,000 NYers signed up for health care

The New York State Department of Health announced that as of Monday, 241,522 New Yorkers had enrolled on the state's exchange, NY State of Health, with a 22 percent increase from Dec. 23 to Dec. 30. People signing up for health insurance spurred a last-minute surge in enrollment figures on the New York and federal exchanges.

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