Health Affairs August 13, 2019
Katie Keith

On August 12, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released two new reports on Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollment and trends. The first report includes a full year of marketplace enrollment data for the 2018 plan year and preliminary effectuated marketplace enrollment data for the 2019 plan year. The second report discusses trends in both on- and off-marketplace enrollment for 2018.

The reports show that marketplace enrollment has remained stable, albeit with a slight decline, on a year-over-year basis. Similar to last year, 10.6 million individuals effectuated their coverage for February 2019. Yet, even as marketplace enrollment remains steady, CMS remains concerned about the overall individual market, and the second report documents the decline in individual...

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