Forbes December 8, 2025
Enrollment in individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, lags last year’s pace in new sign-ups, according to figures released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CMS said “nearly 950,000 consumers who do not currently have health care coverage through plans in the individual market Marketplace have signed up for coverage in 2026, since the start of the Marketplace Open Enrollment Period (OEP) on November 1, 2025,” in a “snapshot” report posted Friday on the agency’s website. By comparison, a CMS press release at the same time last year said nearly 988,000 consumers who didn’t have individual coverage signed up for 2025 coverage.
The new CMS figures come as Congress weighs whether to extend...
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