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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.


Estimates of Additional Uninsured People Across the States

KFF Health Tracking Poll: ACA Enhanced Subsidies

From Drew Altman: Making the Marketplaces Great Again?

ACA Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law

ACA Marketplaces

From Drew Altman: The Spotlight Is on Medicaid Cuts, But the ACA Marketplaces Could See a One-Third Cut in Enrollment

President and CEO Drew Altman shows how proposals contained in the House reconciliation bill could result in a one-third reduction in ACA Marketplace enrollment. “While all eyes are on the big Medicaid cuts being proposed in the House,” he writes, “significant changes are also being proposed that together would dramatically reduce enrollment in the ACA Marketplaces.”

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Marketplace Enrollees with Unpredictable Incomes Could Face Bigger Penalties Under Reconciliation Bill

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Early Insights: Enhanced Premium Tax Credits and 2026 Marketplace Premiums

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Explaining Cost-Sharing Reductions and Silver Loading in ACA Marketplaces

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  • State Marketplace Profiles: Maryland

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    Final update made on November 13, 2013 (no further updates will be made)  Establishing the Marketplace On April 12, 2011, Governor Martin O’Malley (D) signed SB 182/HB 166 into law establishing the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MBHE).

  • Webinar for Journalists: Researching Consumer Stories, Finding New Ideas & Securing Real-World Examples

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    Featuring Kaiser Health News Staff Writer Sarah Varney and “Insuring Your Health” columnist Michelle Andrews, this webinar will discuss approaches to covering this complex story by incorporating individual examples; provide tips and techniques for digging into the details of the law (with expert help) to describe how its provisions play out in real life; and suggest new angles and under-reported story ideas. Additionally, they will identify upcoming policy deadlines and timelines, and explore how to weave these into your stories over the next several months. After a brief presentation, both presenters will answer questions.

  • State Marketplace Profiles: Minnesota

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    Final update made on November 12, 2013 (no further updates will be made) Establishing the Marketplace On October 31, 2011, Governor Mark Dayton (D) signed Executive Order 11-30 which charged the Minnesota Health Care Reform Task Force with recommending strategies to improve overall health care delivery in Minnesota, including advising and overseeing an Exchange Advisory…

  • 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 usted es una mujer

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    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.

  • Obamacare y Usted: Si tiene Medicare

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    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 compra seguro médico en el mercado individual

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    Si usted compra su plan de salud por su cuenta (en vez de tener cobertura a través de su empleador), usted tendrá nuevas opciones para tener su cobertura, pero la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio requiere que usted esté asegurado o será multado.

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

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    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

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    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.