, ▁and ▁an ▁on going ▁assess ment ▁on ▁ins urance ▁entities ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" S av ings ▁Off set ▁Pay ment " ▁( S OP ) ▁based ▁on ▁sav ings ▁att rib utable ▁to ▁the ▁operations ▁of ▁Dir igo . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁it ▁was ▁estimated ▁that ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Maine ▁residents ▁were ▁un ins ured . ▁Al most ▁ 8 0 % ▁of ▁en rolle es ▁have ▁family ▁in comes ▁below ▁ 3 0 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁Federal ▁P over ty ▁Level . ▁ 7 0 0 ▁small ▁employ ers ▁were ▁en rolled ▁in ▁Dir igo Choice , ▁representing ▁ 2 . 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁fir ms ▁that ▁are ▁el ig ible . ▁The ▁primary ▁bar rier ▁for ▁very ▁small ▁employ ers ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁price . ▁The ▁reven ues ▁for ▁the ▁program ▁have ▁been ▁lower ▁than ▁expected , ▁creating ▁political ▁pressure ▁to ▁find ▁other ▁fund ing ▁sources . ▁ ▁Harvard ▁Pil gr im ▁Health ▁Care ▁became ▁the ▁ins urance ▁car rier ▁for ▁Dir igo Choice ▁effective ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁C aps ▁on ▁en roll ment ▁were ▁put ▁into ▁place ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁which ▁remained ▁in ▁place ▁as ▁of ▁the ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁en roll ment ▁report . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁ ▁Although ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁the ▁legisl ation ▁that ▁set ▁up ▁Dir igo ▁Health ▁project ed ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁cover