The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority estimates that nearly 15,000 new members enrolled in six major health insurance plans through the connector in May and June.
More than 12,000 of those enrolled last month alone, the authority said.
New Massachusetts law required residents to have health insurance by July 1. The authority said the number of newly insured residents has been brought up to 155,000 in the past year.
Jon Kingsdale, the authority’s executive director, said the surge in the number of insured was “another big step in the long march to near-universal health coverage.”
