More people again have health insurance in New Jersey than the year before. The federal government announced that New Jersey now have 288,573 residents covered via health insurance, which is 34,000 more than the year before. This is the third year of the Affordable Care Act. Part of the reason more people are complying is the ramping up of tax implications to individuals who don’t comply/ Nationwide, more the 90 percent of Americans now have health insurance.