Fierce Healthcare November 22, 2023
Open enrollment on the insurance marketplaces began on Nov. 1, and more than 4.5 million people have selected plans in the early weeks of the process, according to new federal data.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its first snapshot report on signs for Affordable Care Act plans, and noted that about 20% of the total, or 920,000 people, are new enrollees on the exchanges. The remaining 80%, or 3.7 million, are people who had active coverage in 2023 and returned to renew or select a new 2024 plan.
CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in a press release that the agency is seeing “an increase in plan selections and a significant increase in the number of new enrollees...