According to the latest figures released, more than 88,000 Illinois residents have selected a private health insurance plan under the new insurance marketplace system during the first four months of the programme.

The enrolment under the new platform is mostly in line with the projections by the federal officials for the state. A federal report released Wednesday stated that 88,602 Illinois residents have selected a plan between 1 October,
2013 and 1 February 2014 under the new system. About 75 percent of those enrolled in the state qualified for tax credits, according to the report.

Experts have said that the state-wide marketing campaign helped boost the enrolment in the state. Technical issues affecting the new HealthCare. gov website during the first three months affected enrolments into the system. However, residents increasingly chose to get covered under the system in the state.

The US government had set a goal of signing up 7 million people nationwide by March 31. Latest figures showed that 3.3 million Americans have now selected a plan under the new system, continuing an increase from nearly 2.2 million recorded earlier.