The Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange has taken a major hit in the first quarter of the year, according to earnings reports from large insurers, largely due to the expiration of enhanced premium subsidies that kept plans affordable for many enrollees.
In aggregate, health insurers expect enrollment will shrink by at least...White Papers, E books, Reports and more
Late last year, uncertainty about the expiration of enhanced premium tax cut subsidies and changes to eligibility exacerbated market fears for ACA enrollment in 2026. Four months into the year, Wakely Consulting Group published a report forecasting reductions in enrollment and consequences for the risk pool as insurers develop their 2027...Arizona News
Health insurance premium rates for Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans are up substantially for 2026, across the country and for Arizonans.
Last Friday, the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions finally announced the submitted preliminary rate increases for 2026 ACA plans, as reported in early August by The Hertel...National News
According to Georgetown University Center McCourt School of Public Policy on Health Insurance Reforms, in 2026 Marketplace enrollment is projected to shrink by up to 57%, and Marketplace insurers are proposing median increases of 18% for 2026 plan premiums. Meanwhile, the Trump administration provided a boost to alternative coverage...
The Republican spending bill has spent the week under review after succeeding through the House of Representatives last week.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its findings on the bill that aims to slash government spending in order to float massive tax cuts promised by the Trump administration. Modern Healthcare reports...
The Trump administration has proposed a new rule to shorten open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, bar "Dreamers" from marketplace coverage and remove gender-affirming care from the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) list of essential benefits.
The rule aims to curb the number of "improper enrollments" by shortening the...
For the third year in a row, a record number of people have signed up for health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) federal marketplace.
Federal officials estimate that more than 19 million people will enroll in 2024 coverage by the end of the enrollment period in January. According to the New York Times, already...
The first Medicaid redeterminations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have been underway in at least five states since the beginning of the month. Health advocacy groups are pressuring U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to ensure that a "health equity and civil rights disaster" does not...
Nearly 3.4 million Americans have enrolled in 2023 individual market health insurance coverage through state and federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces since the beginning of the enrollment period. This is a substantial increase that President Joe Biden attributes to the offering of low-cost plans through federal subsidies from...
March 23 was the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) . The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a report to highlight the ways in which the ACA is "the strongest it has ever been" due to the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other efforts by the Biden administration to strengthen Americans' access to...
The Affordable Care Act Marketplace enrollment gained 5.8 million new enrollees in 2022, driving a greater focus on ACA marketplace improvements in quality, cost, and coverage. In Arizona 199,706 selected 2022 health coverage on the Marketplace.
HealthPayerIntelligence reports the addition of 5.8 million new members has pushed...News
This week a large amount of analysis on how the Affordable Care Act, insurance rates and private insurance faired during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Also, due to increased enrollment during the special enrollment period and the need for health insurance spurred by pandemic-related job loss has encouraged insurance giant...CMS Rules
The newly installed Biden Administration and the ongoing turbulence of the pandemic have resulted in a flurry of recent changes in the world of the Affordable Care Act—all as an impending Supreme Court decision on its very existence looms in the background.
Many Americans lost jobs due to the pandemic, and with them their...Arizona News
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), statistics on healthcare coverage noted a closure of the gap in the number of people of various races and ethnicity who have health insurance, but a Kaiser Family Foundation brief has highlighted trends indicating that between 2016 and 2017, some groups of color have experienced a stagnation in health...Arizona News
As the enrollment period comes to an end for HealthCare.gov on Dec. 15, total Arizona enrollment for week five closed with 55,090 plan selections - down from 2017's week five enrollment toal of 67,266.
The 39 states using HealthCare.gov reported 773,250 plan selections in week five and a total of about 3.2 million sign ups nationally...Arizona News
This enrollment period marks the first where individuals will not incur penalties for failing to purchase health insurance coverage and compared to last year's numbers, Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment has declined by eight percent in its first two weeks.
With more insurers entering the individual marketplace and incumbents...
