Fierce Health Payers November 19, 2021
More than 1.6 million people have selected individual market plans for the 2022 coverage year on HealthCare.gov since the start of Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an enrollment update on HealthCare.gov sign-ups since open enrollment started Nov. 1. The number of sign-ups resembles the count that occurred over the same period in 2020.
CMS reported that 850,792 people signed up for health insurance in the second week of open enrollment from Nov. 7-13, and 1.62 million have signed up since the start of open enrollment Nov. 1.
Overall, 286,905 of the 1.62 million are new consumers, and 1.3 million are renewing customers.
The number of sign-ups over the first two...