36K sign up for health insurance in Montana

HELENA (AP) — Federal officials say more than 36,000 people in Montana selected insurance plans under the nation's health-care overhaul law by the March 31 deadline.

That exceeds health officials' original target of signing up 31,000 Montanans by the end of the open-enrollment period.

The Department of Health and Human Services released the data Thursday.

Full story in Fridays' Havre Daily News.