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ACA Marketplace Plans Nationally Are Seeking a Median 18% Premium Increase for 2026

This analysis of insurers’ initial rate filings for Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans in all 50 states and DC finds the median proposed increase for 2026 is 18%, more than double last year’s proposed increase. The analysis also shows proposed rate changes by state and insurer.


Tariffs Are Driving up Premiums for Small Businesses

Estimates of Additional Uninsured People Across the States

ACA Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law

Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator

The Enhanced Premium Tax Credits

Explaining the Muddle on ACA Tax Credits

In his latest column, KFF’s President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman looks at why the issue of extending the enhanced ACA tax credits has languished in Congress without clear direction, despite its importance to the 24 million people who get their coverage in the ACA Marketplaces today and the potentially significant role the issue could play in the midterms if the credits are not extended.

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  • Obamacare y Usted: Si usted es una mujer

    Fact Sheet

    Como mujer, es especialmente importante para usted entender cómo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (Affordable Care Act o ACA, en inglés) cambiará el cuidado de salud en el 2014.

  • State-by-State Estimates of the Number of People Eligible for Premium Tax Credits Under the Affordable Care Act

    Issue Brief

    Key provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) create new Marketplaces for people who purchase insurance directly and provide new premium tax credits to help people with low or moderate incomes afford that coverage. This analysis estimates that about 17 million people who are now uninsured or who buy insurance on their own (“nongroup purchasers”) will be eligible for premium tax credits in 2014. This issue brief provides national and state estimates for tax credit eligibility for people in these groups.

  • Obamacare Vital Signs Not Just Numbers

    From Drew Altman

    In his latest column, Kaiser President and CEO Drew Altman discusses the focus on first year metrics, especially enrollment projections, in the ACA debate.

  • 2023 Calculadora del Mercado de Seguros Médicos

    Interactive

    2023 Esta calculadora ilustra las primas (el costo mensual de su seguro) y subsidios para las personas que compran seguro médico por su propia cuenta en el nuevo mercado de seguros de salud (o de intercambio) creado por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (Affordable Care Act, ACA, en inglés).

  • States’ Participation in Six Key Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Options Provided or Enhanced by the Affordable Care Act

    Feature

    States’ Participation in Six Key Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Options Provided or Enhanced by the Affordable Care Act Download Source M. O’Malley Watts, M. Musumeci, and E. Reaves, How is the Affordable Care Act Leading to Changes in Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Today? State Adoption of Six LTSS Options, The Henry J.

  • State Marketplace Profiles: Oregon

    Other

    Final update made on October 10, 2013 (no further updates will be made)  Establishing the Marketplace On June 17, 2011, Governor John Kitzhaber (D) signed SB 99 into law establishing the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation.

  • Obamacare y usted

    Fact Sheet

    "Obamacare y usted" es una serie de materiales que explican cómo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a (Affordable Care Act o ACA en inglés), también llamada “Obamacare,” afecta a diferentes grupos de personas.

  • Obamacare y Usted: Si tiene Medicare

    Fact Sheet

    Si usted tiene Medicare, su cobertura de salud no tiene cambios como consecuencia del Obamacare. Usted puede seguir confiando en el Medicare para ayudar a pagar su hospital, doctores y otros gastos médicos.

  • Obamacare y Usted: Si tiene bajos ingresos y puede calificar para Medicaid

    Fact Sheet

    Obamacare crea muchas formas de obtener cobertura de salud. Usted puede aprender sobre sus opciones llenando una única aplicación. Así, se le dirá si califica para cobertura gratis o a bajo costo a través del programa Medicaid, o a través de los nuevos Mercados de Seguros Médicos que han sido establecidos en cada estado.

  • Obamacare y Usted: Si no tiene seguro médico

    Fact Sheet

    Obamacare ha creado nuevas maneras de tener cobertura de salud. Si usted no tiene seguro médico a través de su empleador, seguramente pueda obtenerlo a través del nuevo Mercado de los Seguros Médicos (o "intercambio") en su estado.