Medical Economics January 10, 2024
CMS announces figures blowing by last year’s record of 16.3 million enrollees.
More than 20.35 million people have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace for 2024.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the figures for enrollment from Nov. 1 to Dec. 23 for 32 states using the federal HealthCare.gov website and 18 states and the District of Columbia using state-based marketplaces. The figure already has exceeded last year’s record.
Among the enrollees, 3.7 million, or 18%, were new to the ACA insurance, and 16.6 million people who had active coverage in 2023 selected a plan or were re-enrolled for 2024.
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