Healthcare DIVE December 10, 2025
Rebecca Pifer

Some 5.8 million people have signed up for 2026 ACA plans so far, up about 7% year over year. Still, enrollment tends to shift over signup periods.

Dive Brief:

  • Initial enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans has remained high despite uncertainty over whether more generous subsidies in the exchanges will continue next year.
  • Some 5.8 million people signed up for ACA coverage in the first month of open enrollment for 2026, according to CMS data released on Friday. That’s ahead of the roughly 5.4 million signups at about this time last year for coverage in 2025.
  • The early data seems to rebut worries that ACA enrollment will plummet next year if financial assistance that was expanded during the coronavirus...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Survey / Study, Trends
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