ACA signups set to smash record at 24M with enrollment continuing
Healthcare DIVE January 8, 2025
The Biden administration attributed the growth to generous subsidies that are scheduled to expire at the end of this year.
Almost 24 million people have signed up for Affordable Care Act plans for 2025, blowing past last year’s record with a full week left in the open enrollment period, regulators announced on Wednesday.
It’s the fourth consecutive year of record enrollment, despite earlier concerns that enrollment was off to a slow start in the fall. Some consumers were worried about how the incoming Trump administration might undermine the decade-old health law and the insurance marketplaces it created, according to a survey published in December.
Similarly, premiums are increasing for ACA plans, by an average of 7%, according to health policy...