Healthcare DIVE February 9, 2018
Les Masterson

Dive Brief:

  • The final numbers are in for 2018 open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges. About 11.8 million people signed up for coverage, which was a nearly 4% drop from 2017.
  • States that run their own exchanges saw a 0.2% increase, while the 34 states that have federal-run exchanges dropped 5.3%.
  • States with federal-run exchanges had only half the open enrollment period (six weeks) as previous years. States with their own ACA exchanges extended the open enrollment beyond six weeks, though most still did not offer the full three months as in previous years.

Dive Insight:

ACA plan enrollment continues to trend down after a peak of 12.7 million in 2016. The 2018 results are...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Patient / Consumer, Public Exchange
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