A Los Angeles furniture store worker who had never had health insurance enrolled in a plan for $75 a month that will cover both him and his son.
An unemployed accountant in Charlotte, N.C., who tried and failed to sign up last year found coverage for $11.75 a month.
A self-employed house contractor from West Palm Beach, Fla., found a health plan that will cost him nothing.
They were among more than 100,000 Americans who signed up for coverage Saturday through the Affordable Care Act’s online insurance exchanges, which launched this weekend with far fewer problems and less fanfare than last year. Many people qualified for federal subsidies that kept their monthly premiums well under $100.
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