Marketplace Eligibility Among the Uninsured: Implications for a Broadened Enrollment Period and ACA Outreach

KFF January 27, 2021
Daniel McDermott, Cynthia Cox, Gary Claxton

Based on campaign pledges, President Biden is expected to reopen Marketplace enrollment, for example, through a COVID-19 special enrollment opportunity (SEP), and his administration is also expected to direct significantly more resources to marketing and outreach efforts. Millions of people remain uninsured despite being eligible for free or reduced cost coverage through the ACA Marketplaces or Medicaid Expansion.

In most states, the Open Enrollment period for 2021 Marketplace coverage ended on December 15, 2020. Plan selections in states that use the federally facilitated exchange (HealthCare.gov) were up by about 6% compared to the previous year, due in large part to high rates of consumers renewing their coverage. Plan selections among new consumers were down relative to the previous year, though,...

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