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“Our view is (that) the marketplace for the individual exchange business is more competitive in 2019 than it has been ... there's more competitors entering the space."
—David Cordani Cigna CEO |
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From Sunday, Nov. 4 to Saturday, Nov. 10, 804,556 people selected a plan
through Healthcare.gov, according to the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services. Of these, 185,631 are new consumers. CMS measures
enrollment Sunday through Saturday. Last year, from Nov. 5 to 11,
876,788 people selected plans, a 72,232 increase over this year.
Cumulative numbers between this year and last are hard to compare as
2017 had an extra day during week one. This year, cumulative enrollment
since November 1 is 1,176,232. In 2017, that number was 1,478,250
people. Excerpted from: Healthcare Finance |
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Lack of competition leads to higher ACA plan premiums in rural
areas Healthcaredive, November 19, 2018 Obamacare's Looking So Good Insurers Are Fighting To Sell It Forbes, November 19, 2018 Open enrollment 'less chaotic' this year Pantagraph, November 18, 2018 Regulatory Uncertainty Continues to Disrupt ACA Marketplaces Healthpayer Intelligence, November 16, 2018 Twenty Million More Americans Have Health Insurance Versus 2010 Bloomberg, November 16, 2018 ACA enrollment drops 8% in second week Healthcare Finance, November 14, 2018 Health Plans Project 2019 Premiums to Increase Business Wire, November 13, 2018 How one blue state is defying Trump's Obamacare moves Politico, November 11, 2018 Ongoing Study Traces the Expansion of Exchange Market During 2017-2025 364Analyze, November 2, 2018 Obamacare Markets Stabilize as Premiums Remain High for Many Bloomberg, October 31, 2018 |
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Talking points and health restrictions prevent people from
enrolling in ACA The Hill, November 19, 2018 Are Marketplace Premiums Higher in Rural Than in Urban Areas? Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 15, 2018 2019 Premium Changes on ACA Exchanges KFF. November 15, 2018 Pre-existing Condition Regulations Lose Support When Public Learns Cost Cato Institute, November 5, 2018 The big secret about the Affordable Care Act: It’s working just fine Washington Post, October 31, 2018 How Repeal of Individual Mandate is Affecting 2019 Premiums KFF, October 26, 2018 |
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