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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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  • The State of Children’s Health, Care and Coverage

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    A record 90 percent of children now have health coverage – more than a third of whom are covered by Medicaid and CHIP. Yet about 7.5 million children remain uninsured, including 5 million who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP but not enrolled.

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — November 2010

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    The November 2010 tracking poll was conducted in the days following the mid-term election that resulted in major gains for Republicans, including a shift in control of the House of Representatives.

  • Briefing Examines High Medicare Spending for Beneficiaries in Long-Term Care

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    These three reports examine the relatively high use of hospital and other Medicare-covered services and the associated costs of medical care for Medicare beneficiaries who live in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities. They also explore the potential for delivery system reforms to improve quality and reduce costs.

  • Health Reform and State Workforce Challenges: An Early Look at Five States

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    This report provides an early look at state efforts to prepare for health reform, examining the experiences to date in five states (Connecticut, Michigan, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Washington). The report finds that the state political environment and expected leadership transitions create uncertainties and are already factoring into state strategies on health reform implementation.

  • Statement of Gary Claxton to NAIC Exchanges (B) Subgroup

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    Kaiser Family Foundation Vice President Gary Claxton, who directs the Foundation's Marketplace Policy Project, testified July 22, 2010, at a public hearing before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Exchanges (B) Subgroup established by the health reform law.  Testimony (.

  • Issues for Structuring Interim High-Risk Pools

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    One of the first provisions that would be implemented under federal health reform bills in the House and the Senate would establish a national high-risk pool program to offer coverage to otherwise uninsurable individuals during the interim period between enactment and implementation of broader health care reforms.