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How Has Marketplace Enrollment Changed Across States in 2026?

Following several years of rapid enrollment growth in the ACA Marketplaces that corresponded with temporary enhanced premium tax credits, enrollment fell for the first time in seven years in 2026, when those tax credits expired. Every state except for New Mexico saw a drop in Marketplace enrollment from 2025 to 2026. State-based Marketplaces that run their own enrollment platforms, including those that partially offset the enhanced tax credits, generally saw lower drops in enrollment.

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Did the Affordable Care Act Make Health Care More Affordable?

The expiration of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits at the start of 2026, combined with rising insurer premiums, put a spotlight on health care affordability that extends beyond Marketplace enrollees. KFF’s Cynthia Cox examines the ACA’s record and the broader underlying question it raises: what’s a fair price for Americans people to pay for health care?

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  • Calculadora del Mercado de Seguros Médicos

    Interactive

    Nota: esta calculadora refleja las primas para 2021. 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). Con esta calculadora, usted puede introducir diferentes niveles de ingresos, edades, y el tamaño de…

  • How Has the Pandemic Affected Health Coverage in the U.S.?

    Policy Watch

    Findings from administrative data suggest that the decline in enrollment among employer-sponsored insurance was far less than overall declines in employment as of September, and that many who did lose their job-based coverage likely found a safety net in coverage through Medicaid or the ACA marketplaces.

  • Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, President Trump and Democratic Nominee Joe Biden Offer Widely Different Views on Health Care

    News Release

    President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden hold widely divergent views on health issues, with the president’s record and response to the coronavirus pandemic likely to play a central role in November’s elections. A new KFF side-by-side comparison examines President Trump’s record and former Vice President Biden’s positions across a wide range of key health issues, including the response to the pandemic, the Affordable Care Act marketplace, Medicaid, Medicare, drug prices, reproductive health, HIV, mental…

  • JAMA Forum: Trump vs Biden on Health Care

    Perspective

    In this September 2020 post for The JAMA Health Forum, Larry Levitt highlights differences in the records and policy plans of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on key health care issues.

  • KFF Health Tracking Poll May 2024: Voters’ Views of Health Policy Issues in Context of Presidential Campaigns

    Feature

    Voters are split largely along partisan lines in terms of who they trust in regard to various health care issues, but Biden captures more than Trump trust from Independent voters. Biden is also more trusted by older adults when it comes to entitlement programs. Voters are still largely unaware of the drug pricing provisions of the Inflation reduction Act. Large majorities of voters, particularly Democratic voters, support a federal right to abortion.

  • States with the Fastest Recent Growth in ACA Marketplace Coverage Started with High Uninsured Rates

    News Release

    The states with the fastest recent growth in ACA Marketplace signups also had among the highest uninsured rates previously, as enhanced subsidies helped to make coverage more affordable for many consumers, particularly in southern states that did not expand their Medicaid programs to cover low-income adults, a new KFF analysis finds. The enhanced premium subsidies were first provided in the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 and then extended through 2025 in the Inflation Reduction Act.…

  • What is a grandfathered plan? How do I know if I have one?

    FAQs

    Grandfathered plans are those that were in existence on March 23, 2010, and have stayed basically the same. Grandfathered plans are not required to provide all of the benefits and consumer protections required by the Affordable Care Act. For example, a grandfathered plan might not cover preventive health services, it might charge higher premiums based on health status or gender, and it might exclude coverage for pre-existing conditions. If you buy coverage on your own and you…

  • Estoy cubierto por el plan de salud de mis padres, pero pronto cumpliré 26 años y no podré seguir en su plan. ¿Qué opciones tengo?

    FAQs

    Debe revisar sus opciones de cobertura e inscribirse en una nueva ahora mismo. Si sus padres obtienen su seguro a través de un empleador con al menos 20 trabajadores, podría continuar con esa cobertura (conocida como COBRA) hasta por 3 años, pero probablemente sea mucho más costosa que otras opciones. Si trabaja, averigüe si su empleador ofrece seguro médico y si cumple los requisitos. De lo contrario, dependiendo de sus ingresos, podría ser elegible para…

  • ¿Quién puede comprar un plan catastrófico?

    FAQs

    En general, los planes catastróficos solo se pueden vender a adultos jóvenes menores de 30 años. Sin embargo, existen ciertas exenciones por dificultades económicas y asequibilidad para personas de 30 años o más, incluso si no existe un plan de salud calificado, dentro o fuera del mercado, que cueste menos del 8.05% de sus ingresos en 2026, o si no son elegibles para créditos fiscales para primas o reducciones de costos compartidos según sus ingresos…

  • ¿Qué es el Formulario 8962?

    FAQs

    El formulario 8962 es un formulario que debe presentar con su declaración de impuestos federal durante un año si recibió un crédito fiscal para pagar las primas por adelantado a través del mercado de seguros de salud durante ese año. En la inscripción abierta, cuando solicita un crédito fiscal para la prima para el próximo año, el monto de su crédito fiscal adelantado se basa en su ingreso estimado para el próximo año. Al año…