Healthcare Finance News December 26, 2019
Susan Morse

CMS gave consumers two extra days to sign up, as not all of the half a million people who wanted to enroll were able to do so by December 15.

The number of people signing up for Affordable Care Act plans on Healthcare.gov took a big jump over previous weeks at the deadline for open enrollment, leaving total numbers just 1.7% shy of 2018 figures.

Open enrollment this year started on November 1, but was extended for more than two more days through the early morning hours of December 18.

This year, a total of 8,303,850 individuals enrolled, compared to 8,454,882 in 2018, representing a 1.7% drop in the number of people enrolling.

The preliminary data indicates enrollment continues to...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Exchange
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