Caption : New insurance providers are flocking to the marketplace, hoping to provide more plans on more state exchanges in 2015.

Caption : New insurance providers are flocking to the marketplace, hoping to provide more plans on more state exchanges in 2015.

The teething period for Obamacare may finally be coming to an end. After a shaky, but ultimately successful start in 2014, insurers are swarming to join exchanges in 2015.

Assurant Health, who offered ACA-compliant plans in 41 states outside of the exchange during last year’s open enrollment period, plans to offer policies on a select number of exchanges during the next open enrollment period, which begins on November 15.

“We decided to wait until this year to join exchanges in order to assess and learn how consumers respond to the new marketplace,” wrote Mary Hinderliter, Vice President of Communications at Assurant Health, in an email to Generation Progress. “We are evaluating exchanges on a state-by-state basis and continue to finalize our strategy.”

New Hampshire is one state where the Milwaukee-based insurer hopes to offer plans on the Obamacare marketplace. Only one carrier, Anthem BlueCross BlueShield, participated in that state’s 2014 exchange.

Another insurer getting in on the action is MinuteMan Health, a new co-operative non-profit. “When we joined, there was only one carrier. Now there’s a few choices which is great for the state of New Hampshire,” said spokesman Jim Borghesani.

MinuteMan is a member-based company, where consumers have the opportunity to sit on the board of directors. “We’re quite different,” explained Borghesani. “We offer competitive rates and a new approach to health insurance. Co-ops are built to be transparent.”

In West Virginia, consumers will see a second option on their exchange as well. Kentucky Health Cooperative will join the only other carrier, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, in offering coverage in 2015.

“[West Virginia’s] health situation is the same. They, like us, have a lot of lung cancer, diabetes…,” says Susan Dunlap, Director of Communications at the Kentucky Health Cooperative. Currently, Kentucky is the only other state where the company provides coverage.

“As far as we understand, there is currently only one plan provided [in West Virginia], so we’re able to offer choice,” continued Dunlap.

Choice on the marketplace, it seems, is a clear indicator that the Affordable Care Act is gaining traction.