Health
ACA open enrollment for 2027 coverage begins Sunday in most states
ABC News reports sign-ups run through Jan. 15, with KFF projecting average marketplace prices to rise 13%.
The short version
- Marketplace open enrollment for 2027 coverage starts Sunday in most states and runs through Jan. 15.[ABC News]
- KFF analysis of new CMS data projects average marketplace prices to rise 13% in 2027, which KFF's Cynthia Cox attributes mainly to rising healthcare costs and hospital market concentration.[ABC News]
- In September, Vance and other administration officials announced plans to remove 760,000 enrollees over alleged fraud, a move Vance said would save $2.2 billion; how many people will lose coverage remains unclear.[ABC News]
Key facts
- Open enrollment for ACA marketplace plans starts Sunday in most states and runs through Jan. 15.[ABC News]
- KFF analysis of new CMS data projects the average price of marketplace health insurance to rise 13% in 2027.[ABC News]
- Cynthia Cox of KFF attributes the price increase mainly to rising healthcare costs and hospital market concentration, among other possible factors.[ABC News]
- A CMS fact sheet distributed Friday says HealthCare.gov users will have robust access to low-cost plans.[ABC News]
- As of February, roughly 19.2 million people were actively enrolled in ACA marketplace health plans, according to the HHS website.[ABC News]
- In September, Vice President JD Vance and other administration officials announced plans to remove 760,000 enrollees, alleging they were fraudulently enrolled or did not exist.[ABC News]
- Vance said removing those enrollees through the anti-fraud effort would result in $2.2 billion in cost savings.[ABC News]
What remains uncertain
- Cynthia Cox of KFF said it is unclear how many more people will drop ACA coverage in 2027.[ABC News]
- The $2.2 billion savings estimate and the fraud allegations behind the 760,000 removals are attributed to administration officials and are not independently verified in the reporting.[ABC News]
- The 13% price increase is a projection based on KFF analysis of CMS data, not final 2027 pricing.[ABC News]
Sources
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