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Private Health Insurance Premiums Reach Record High for 2024

New ValuePenguin analysis finds Americans will spend an average of $584 per month on health insurance as CMS reveals ACA Marketplace enrollment has already topped 15 million.

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7 Million+ Sign Up for Coverage in ACA Marketplace Since Start of Open Enrollment...

New CMS and HealthSherpa figures show enrollment increases as deadline for January coverage fast approaches.

Employers Did Not Drop Health Benefits After ACA: EBRI Report

New EBRI research examining law’s impact on employers offering health insurance finds 5% increase in worker eligibility for employment-based health coverage since 2014.

Nearly 16 Million Sign Up for ACA Coverage in Marketplace Since Start of OEP

Totals as open enrollment period nears its end represent a 13% increase from last year.

5.5 Million Sign Up for ACA Coverage Since Start of Open Enrollment

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports the total represents an 18% increase over last year at the same time.

HealthSherpa announces approved vendor status for plan year 2023 agent and broker marketplace trainings

Health insurance enrollment platform will be a CMS-approved training vendor for plan year 2023 federally facilitated Marketplace training and certification.

National uninsured rate reaches all-time low in 2022

HHS Secretary Becerra says Biden-Harris Administration efforts to expand health insurance coverage, lower costs through American Rescue Plan and other actions are working.

Record-high 13.6 million sign up for health coverage on ACA marketplaces

CMS says this year’s open enrollment period is outpacing all previous years, with more than two weeks remaining.

11 State insurance commissioners provide 12 ACA policy recommendations to President-Elect Biden

Group details six immediate or critical Affordable Care Act policy recommendations and six longer-term recommendations for the Biden administration to consider.

CMS: 8.2 million signed up for ACA health coverage for 2021

Soaring unemployment and other effects of pandemic help drive enrollment, with nearly one-fourth signing up for the first time.

Urban Institute: 25-43 million Americans could lose employer-based health coverage during pandemic

Between 25 and 43 million Americans could lose their employer-based health insurance if the unemployment rate hits 20% in the coming months, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.

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