Fierce Healthcare December 20, 2019
Tina Reed

After a slow start to open enrollment, the number of individuals signing up for plans on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges this year ultimately came close to reaching last year’s enrollment figures, officials announced Friday.

In all, preliminary figures indicate more than 8.3 million people enrolled for coverage on the ACA exchanges through Dec. 17 for the 2020 open enrollment period. That’s down about 2.4% from the approximately 8.5 million individuals who enrolled for 2019 coverage during last year’s open enrollment period, said officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). That includes consumers granted an extension because they were not able to complete the enrollment process on Dec. 15.

“We are reporting that for the...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Exchange
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