Over 157,000 Marylanders enrolled in private...

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Despite looming uncertainty about what will happen to the Affordable Care Act and state exchanges, 157,637 Marylanders — including over 11,000 Baltimore residents — enrolled in private health coverage plans for 2017. Monday marked the deadline for open enrollment in health insurance plans offered through the state’s marketplace, Maryland Health Connection. Enrollments in private health plans for 2017 dropped 3 percent from 162,652 at the end of the 2016 open enrollment. Andrew Ratner, director…