CMS December 21, 2020
HealthCare.gov Enrollment Rises For First Time Since 2016
CMS’s week six open enrollment snapshot for the 2021 open enrollment period shows that more than 8.2 million consumers selected a plan in the 36 states that use HealthCare.gov. Of these, about 1.83 million were new consumers and about 6.4 million were renewing their coverage from last year.
Overall enrollment through HealthCare.gov increased by about 6.6 percent for the 2021 open enrollment period relative to the 2020 open enrollment period. Other analysis suggests that the increase may be even greater once Medicaid expansion is accounted for. This is the first and only year when HealthCare.gov enrollment has increased under the Trump administration, reversing a trend where enrollment declined each year beginning in...