Health Affairs January 7, 2019
Katie Keith

In a final open enrollment snapshot released on January 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed that enrollment in marketplace coverage through HealthCare.gov remained steady for 2019 at more than 8.4 million consumers. Despite a dip of about 43,000 consumers since the last snapshot, overall enrollment is down by only 4 percent relative to 2018. As discussed more here, the final data show the enduring stability of the marketplaces and continued demand for comprehensive individual market coverage.

This data is limited to enrollment in the 39 states that use HealthCare.gov, where the final enrollment deadline for 2019 coverage was December 15, 2018. It does not reflect enrollment in many state-based marketplaces, where some deadlines continue...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, HHS, Insurance, Medicaid, Patient / Consumer, Public Exchange, Regulations, States
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