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How Has ACA Marketplace Enrollment Changed Across States in 2026?

ACA Marketplace enrollment fell this year in every state except New Mexico, which was the only state to fully replace the enhanced premium tax credits that expired last year with a state-funded subsidy, according to a new KFF analysis of effectuated enrollment data. The Marketplace enrollment decline—the first in seven years—follows several years of rapid enrollment growth and coincides with the end of the enhanced federal subsidies.

How Much and Why ACA Marketplace Premiums Are Going Up in 2027

ACA Marketplaces insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 15% in 2027, according to KFF’s updated analysis of 276 insurers with publicly available filings across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This is the second consecutive year of double-digit premium hikes. Last year’s median nationwide proposed rate change was 18%, and the median finalized rate change was 20%. While this proposed rate change is lower than last year, it represents the second-highest requested rate change since 2018, as premium growth had been relatively flat in this market for several years.

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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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  • Building an Information Technology Foundation for Health Reform: A look at Recent Guidance and Funding Opportunities

    Issue Brief

    The major coverage provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) go into effect in January 2014 with an expansion of Medicaid eligibility to nearly all individuals under 138% of poverty and new subsidies for individuals with incomes between 138% and 400% of poverty to purchase coverage in newly established Health Insurance Exchanges. The ACA envisions a streamlined and simplified application process with seamless transitions between coverage in the Exchange and Medicaid. Using a web portal,…

  • Inside Deficit Reduction: What Now?

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    The Budget Control Act of 2011 tasked members of a "Super Committee" to find at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade. Members did not reach an agreement by the November 23 deadline and as a result automatic spending cuts to defense and entitlement programs are set to kick in beginning in January 2013. Panelists at this briefing discussed the impact the sequester will have on the health care sector and how…

  • Quality Care for Less Money: Can Regional Successes Go National?

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    On February 15, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted an event featuring a PBS documentary with former Washington Post correspondent T.R. Reid – U.S. Health Care: The Good News – which explores efforts to provide low-cost, quality health care in the U.S. The film looks at variations in health spending across the country and showcases efficient health care delivery systems, like Grand Junction in Colorado and Group Health in Seattle, suggesting that these communities demonstrate that…

  • My family and I are offered health benefits through my job, but we can’t afford to enroll. My employer pays 100% of the premium for workers, but contributes nothing toward the cost of adding my spouse a...

    FAQs

    Yes, you can. Since your employer pays 100% of the premium to cover you, you will not be eligible for premium tax credits, but your spouse and children may be eligible for financial assistance on the Marketplace, depending on the affordability of your employer’s family coverage. If the premium contribution you would have to pay to cover your spouse and kids under your employer plan is more than 9.96% of your household income in 2026,…

  • Soy un nuevo inmigrante y no tengo cuenta en el banco. ¿Puede la aseguradora obligarme a abrir una para tener débito automático de los pagos?

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    No. Las aseguradoras que ofrecen cobertura en el mercado individual o en el mercado de seguros de ACA deben proporcionar una variedad de métodos de pago y no pueden exigir que un consumidor pague mediante retiros bancarios automáticos (a veces llamados transferencias electrónicas de fondos o EFT). Las normas federales requieren que la aseguradora acepte cheques en papel, giros postales y todas las tarjetas de débito prepagadas de uso general, así como EFT. Estos métodos…

  • ¿Todos los beneficios cubiertos por los planes del mercado son los mismos? ¿Cómo puedo comparar?

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    Aunque se requiere que todos los planes de salud del mercado cubran las diez categorías de beneficios de salud esenciales, las aseguradoras en muchos estados tienen flexibilidad para modificar la cobertura de algunos de los servicios específicos dentro de cada categoría. Cualquier modificación debe ser aprobada por el mercado antes de que se puedan ofrecer los planes. Todos los planes de salud deben proporcionar a los consumidores un Resumen de Beneficios y Cobertura (SBC). El…

  • ¿Pueden cobrarme más por mi edad?

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    Sí, en la mayoría de los estados se puede, dentro de los límites. Las reglas federales les permiten a las aseguradoras cobrar a los adultos mayores (por ejemplo, en sus 60) hasta tres veces la prima que cobrarían a los adultos más jóvenes (por ejemplo, en sus primeros años de la década del veinte). Este límite en la clasificación de edad se aplica a todas las pólizas de seguro de salud que no sean de…