White House announces record health insurance enrollment for ACA’s 13th birthday

President Joe Biden announced record health insurance enrollment for the 13th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The 2023 open enrollment period for ACA insurance drew almost 16.4 million people who selected or were automatically re-enrolled in health insurance through the HealthCare.gov marketplaces and state-based marketplaces (SBMs). The 2023 enrollment went up by 1.8 million people, or 13%, from the year before, and this year’s enrollment was up almost 4.4 million people, or 36%, from 2021, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

“As we celebrate the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act today, we have even more...