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Tracking Insurer Exits and Entries in the ACA Marketplaces. U.S. map shows that as of June 8, 2026, six carriers across 18 states have announced that they will exit the ACA Marketplaces partially or fully for plan year 2027.

Tracking Insurer Participation Changes in the ACA Marketplaces in 2027

As of June 8, six health insurers have announced that they will exit ACA Marketplaces in 18 states next year, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of ACA enrollees with fewer insurance options. KFF’s new tool tracks changes in ACA insurer participation, including the recently announced exits by Cigna Health, CareSource, PacificSource, Providence Health, Scott and White, and Taro Health.

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  • KFF/The New York Times Upshot Poll Examines Public Opinion in Four Southern States on ACA and Midterm Elections

    News Release

    With the end of the initial open enrollment period for new insurance options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), The New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation Polls In Four Southern States examines public opinion on the health care law and the upcoming midterm elections in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and North Carolina. These four southern states have each taken different approaches to ACA implementation, and they all feature close midterm races for Senate and/or Governor in which…

  • New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation Polls in Four Southern States

    Poll Finding

    With the end of the initial open enrollment period for new insurance options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), The New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation Polls In Four Southern States examines public opinion on the health care law and the upcoming midterm election in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and North Carolina. These four southern states have each taken different approaches to ACA implementation, and they all feature close midterm races for Senate and/or Governor in which the…

  • How Will the Uninsured Fare Under the Affordable Care Act?

    Fact Sheet

    This report explains how the ACA expands coverage nationally, including a breakdown of how many uninsured people are eligible for Medicaid, how many are eligible for financial assistance to help them buy private insurance in the new Marketplace and how many will not receive any financial assistance at all. The report also details, in specific dollar figures, the income levels at which people are eligible for Medicaid or financial assistance in the Marketplace. For states…

  • State Fiscal Conditions and Medicaid: 2014 Update

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief provides an overview of Medicaid financing, Medicaid’s role in state budgets, the relationship between Medicaid and the economy and how the ACA and the Medicaid expansion could affect state budgets.

  • Kaiser Health Policy News Index: March 2014

    Feature

    The Kaiser Health Policy News Index is designed to help journalists and policymakers understand which health policy-related news stories Americans are paying attention to, and what the public understands about health policy issues covered in the news. This month’s Index finds that the public followed the missing Malaysia Airlines flight and the conflict between Ukraine and Russia more closely than news about ACA enrollment. Additionally, many Americans remain unaware of the status of Medicaid expansion…

  • CHIP Enrollment: June 2013 Data Snapshot

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief provides state level CHIP enrollment data, adding the June 2013 period. In June 2013, over 5.7 million children were enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP.) Enrollment in June 2013 increased by 190,453 or by 3.4 percent, compared to one year earlier. Since 2009, annual rates of growth have remained fairly steady, ranging between 3.2 percent and 3.8 percent. In contrast, during the height of the Great Recession, enrollment increased annually…

  • Medicaid Enrollment: June 2013 Data Snapshot

    Issue Brief

    This Data Snapshot provides 50-state data on Medicaid monthly enrollment trends, adding June 2013 data. Overall, Medicaid enrollment growth continued to slow to the lowest rate since the start of the Great Recession as the economic conditions continued to slowly improve. While enrollment growth rates have been trending downward as economic conditions continue to slowly improve, enrollment growth is expected to increase significantly as states implement the ACA. Regardless of whether states decide to implement…

  • How Will the Uninsured in Alabama Fare Under the Affordable Care Act?

    Fact Sheet

    This state report explains how the ACA expands coverage in Alabama, including a breakdown of how many uninsured people are eligible for Medicaid, how many are eligible for financial assistance to help them buy private insurance in the new Marketplace and how many will not receive any financial assistance at all. The report also details, in specific dollar figures, the income levels at which people in Alabama are eligible for Medicaid or financial assistance in…