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2025 KFF Marketplace Enrollees Survey

About one in three ACA enrollees said they would be “very likely” to look for a lower-premium Marketplace plan If their premium payments doubled, according to a KFF survey conducted in 2025.

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Tracking the Public’s Views on the ACA

While overall opinion of the Affordable Care Act has been more favorable than unfavorable since 2017, there remain deep partisan divides. See how public opinion on the ACA has changed from the inception of the law to the present. This interactive tool highlights key moments when views shifted and trends based on party identification, income, age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

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  • Vivo en diferentes estados durante el año. ¿Dónde me inscribo para tener cobertura de salud? Si me inscribo en un plan en un estado, ¿cómo encuentro proveedores de salud dentro de la red en el otro?

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    Si tiene dos residencias principales donde pasa mucho tiempo, puede establecer su residencia en una o ambas. Para encontrar proveedores de atención médica dentro de la red, revise detenidamente los documentos del plan y el directorio de proveedores antes de solicitarlo. Debería explorar planes que utilizan una red nacional de proveedores para encontrar proveedores participantes en más de un estado. Un plan de organización de proveedores preferidos (PPO) puede ofrecer más flexibilidad para consultar con…

  • ¿Quién puede comprar cobertura en el mercado de seguros?

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    La mayoría de las personas pueden comprar cobertura en el mercado de seguros. Para ser elegible, debe vivir en el estado en donde está su mercado, debe ser ciudadano de los Estados Unidos o estar en el país de manera legal, y no debe estar preso o tener Medicare. La Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA) ya no se considera un estatus migratorio elegible para la cobertura de salud a través de…

  • ¿Qué es el mercado de seguros de salud?

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    Los mercados de seguros (también conocidos como de intercambio) son mercados organizados en donde las personas y familias pueden buscar e inscribirse en un seguro médico en línea, por teléfono o en persona. Estos mercados ofrecen una variedad de planes de salud, certifican los planes participantes y brindan información para ayudar a los consumidores a comprender sus opciones y solicitar cobertura. Hay un mercado de seguros en cada estado. Algunos son administrados por el estado…

  • The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use

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    This brief explores mental health and substance use during, and prior to, the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight populations that were more likely to experience worse mental health and substance use outcomes during the pandemic and discuss some innovations in the delivery of services.

  • Health Care and the 2020 Presidential Election

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    This 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, mental health and opioids, immigration and health coverage, and health care costs.

  • Webinar for Journalists: Results from Survey of People Who Bought Their Own Health Insurance Under the ACA

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    The Kaiser Family Foundation held a reporters-only webinar at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, June 19 to release its new Survey of Non-Group Health Insurance Enrollees, providing a first look at people buying their own health insurance following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The first in a series, the new survey captures the previous insurance status of marketplace enrollees and the self-reported health status of enrollees in ACA-compliant coverage purchased on or off…

  • Advancing Opportunities, Assessing Challenges: Key Themes from a Roundtable Discussion of Health Care and Health Equity in the South

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    This brief summarizes the primary themes expressed by participants of a roundtable discussion of current and future opportunities and challenges for advancing health care and health equity in the South organized by Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Does the Affordable Care Act Cover the Uninsured?

    From Drew Altman

    Drew Altman, in The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank, discusses what a new Foundation survey finds about one of the biggest questions about the Affordable Care Act: whether it covers the uninsured.