Washington, D.C. has the highest average monthly premium for ACA enrollees who received advance premium tax credits in 2026, while Texas has the lowest, according to a KFF analysis. After enhanced premium tax credits expired at the end of 2025,…
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ACA enrollment reached 23.1 million in 2026, a 5% decrease from 2025, CMS reported March 27. While enrollment is down about 1.2 million consumers from the open enrollment period last year, 2026 enrollment is still 8% and 41% higher than…
Seventeen Democratic Senators sent a March 26 letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, criticizing a proposed ACA rule for 2027 that, they claim, “CMS’ own experts predict will kick 2 million Americans off the healthcare they have and accelerate the healthcare…
Signed into law 16 years ago on March 23, 2010, the ACA has recently been at the center of a government shutdown, coverage dips and political discourse. Here are five things to know about where the law currently stands:
Colorado Access, a health plan known for its Medicaid offerings, is joining the state’s individual ACA market in 2027, according to a March 18 news release from the Colorado Division of Insurance. Through its subsidiary, Access Connected Care Partners, the…
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Nine percent of people who had ACA Marketplace coverage in 2025 are now uninsured, with healthcare costs as a major reason many enrollees either switched Marketplace plans or dropped coverage, according to a KFF poll. The KFF follow-up survey of…
Centene expects its ACA membership to fall nearly 40% by the end of 2026, company executives said March 11 at the Barclays 28th Annual Global Healthcare Conference. CEO Sarah London said the company ended 2025 with 5.5 million members in…
The possibility of a state-based health insurance exchange in Mississippi is looking less probable, state Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney told Mississippi Today in a March 10 report. “It might be too little, too late, because the dollars are not there…
Texas emerged as a standout in the 2026 ACA open enrollment period, attracting about 206,000 new enrollees — the highest in the country — according to preliminary data published Jan. 28 by CMS. Meanwhile, nationwide enrollment fell to nearly 23…
ACA premiums for older adults have surged nationwide following the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits at the end of 2025, with increases varying dramatically by state, according to a Feb. 26 KFF analysis. The report examined how the loss…