Enrollment drives are being held across the country to help people beat the deadline to sign up for health insurance through the federal marketplace. But in Texas and more than two dozen other states where millions of people fall into a so-called coverage gap, the outreach effort has involved more than just signups. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Nearly 1.2 million Texans have signed up or were re-enrolled for health insurance through the federal marketplace by a February 15 deadline.

That’s about 1 million more signups in Texas than a year ago.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced those figures Wednesday.

Nationwide, about 11.4 million Americans selected plans or were automatically re-enrolled by the deadline, including about 2.8 million through state-based exchanges.

The agency said in a statement Monday that 86 percent of Texas consumers who were signed up as of January 30 qualify for an average federal subsidy of $282 toward their monthly premiums through the exchange.

Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured residents in the country.

Affordable Care Act-trained “navigators” are continuing to enroll Texans through an extension that ends February 22.

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