NASHP February 7, 2018
State-Run Marketplaces’ Enrollment Outpaces Federal Sign-ups
New data show that overall plan selections in the 2018 open enrollment period in state-based marketplaces (SBMs), the state-based marketplaces that use the federal platform (SBM-FPs) and the federally facilitated marketplace (FFM), remained generally stable despite facing significant national uncertainty.
The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) released new plan selection data that include the three SBMs that wrapped up their open enrollment periods as late as yesterday. With these final enrollment figures, the national total of consumers who selected a plan for 2018 comes to 11.8 million, which is about 3.7 percent less than the 12.2 million consumers who selected a plan in 2017. States that operate an SBM or SBM-FP show...