2025 KFF Marketplace Enrollees Survey
In 2025, 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.
Affordable Care Act
The ACA Marketplace
Cost Concerns and Coverage Changes: A Follow-Up Survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees
Following the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits for people with Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans, a new KFF follow-up survey of the same Marketplace enrollees KFF surveyed in 2025 finds half (51%) of returning enrollees say their health care costs are “a lot higher” this year compared to last year, including four in 10 who specifically say their premiums are “a lot higher.”
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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.
Timely insights and analysis from KFF staff
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Rolling Back the Big Beautiful Bill’s Health Care Provisions Would Not Provide Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for federally funded health coverage. The GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill didn’t change that. Overturning the health care provisions in the law won’t either. ... more
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Why Might Republicans Consider Extending Obamacare Tax Credits?
KFF Vice President Cynthia Cox takes a broader look at the expiring enhanced tax credits, which Congressional Democrats have made central to their government funding demands, and how they lower health costs for many traditionally Republican constituencies, such as people in southern states, small business owners and employees, farmers and ranchers, older adults, and rural… ... more
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2024 Uninsured Rate Held Steady, as ACA Marketplace Enrollment Offset Medicaid Declines
The ACA enhanced premium tax credit has driven growth in Marketplace enrollment and offset declines in Medicaid coverage, holding 2024's 8% uninsured rate at its near-historic low, according to new Census Bureau data. ... more
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