(Credit: CMS)
HealthCare.gov is still recording more renewals than it was a year ago, but the rate of growth seems to be falling, according to new application activity data.
The number of households renewing coverage increased 5.5%, to 580,777. The number of households signing up for new coverage fell 4.8%, to 177,644.
The third week of the open enrollment period for 2021 individual and family major medical coverage ended Nov. 21.
Resources
- A copy of the second CMS HealthCare.gov 2021 open enrollment period snapshot report is available here.
- An individual major medical open enrollment period preview article is available here.
In the second week of the current open enrollment period, renewals were 13% higher than the comparable week for 2020 coverage, and new signups were 13% lower.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services set up HealthCare.gov to provide Affordable Care Act (ACA) public health insurance exchange services for residents of states that choose not to set up their own public health exchange programs, or online supermarkets for commercial health insurance.
