Hill December 18, 2020
The Trump administration announced Friday that 8.2 million people signed up for ObamaCare plans for next year on the federally-run marketplace, holding roughly steady from last year’s total.
The total is close to last year’s 8.3 million, the administration said, despite the fact that New Jersey and Pennsylvania’s signups are now no longer included in the total because they have switched to running their own state-based marketplaces.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma said that when those two states are excluded, signups increased over last year — a sign of the health law’s continuing resilience in the face of attacks and efforts at repeal.
“Enrollment held roughy steady this year,” Larry Levitt, a health policy...
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