At healthinsurance.org, I have a post up this morning reviewing the surge in ACA marketplace enrollment triggered by the pandemic and further spurred by the major boost to premium subsidies provided through 2022 in the American Rescue Plan Act enacted last March.
Long story short: from mid-December 2019 to mid-December 2021, plan selections during the annual Open Enrollment Period increased by 29% in the 33 states currently using HealthCare.gov, and most likely by about 25% for all states (final enrollment figures for the OEP are usually released in March).
- Two thirds of the enrollment gains are in states that have refused to enact the ACA Medicaid expansion.
- Some new enrollees in those states may have climbed over the 100% FPL minimum income threshold for ACA subsidy eligibility.
- Many new enrollees are getting free silver plans with strong Cost Sharing Reduction
- Enrollment increases in the current OEP build on and extend the gains during the emergency Special Enrollment Period that ran from Feb. 15 through August 15 in HealthCare.gov states.
- The strong enrollment gains should compel Democrats to extend the ARPA subsidy boosts, which expire after this year.
I hope you'll give it a read.
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