Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the final enrollment for the 2024 Open Enrollment Period for the ACA:
Marketplace and Consumer Type | Cumulative 2024 OEP Plan Selections |
Total: All Marketplaces | 21,310,538 |
New Consumers | 5,045,290 |
Returning Consumers | 16,265,248 |
The Confederacy has substantial market share. The four big states of North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Texas have 47% of all national enrollment. A lot of this is that three of these four states have yet to expand Medicaid. However, even North Carolina with recent Medicaid Expansion has enrollment several times the per-capita rate of California, the largest state based market place.
State | Platform | Enrollees | National Share |
Florida | HealthCare.gov | 4,211,902 | 19.8% |
Georgia | HealthCare.gov | 1,305,114 | 6.1% |
North Carolina | HealthCare.gov | 1,027,930 | 4.8% |
Texas | HealthCare.gov | 3,484,632 | 16.4% |
Over a quarter of 18 to 64 year olds in Florida have an on-market ACA plan. Enrollment is very high in a swing state (GA) and a light pink state (NC) so the question I would ask my masters’ students is “Is this enough to think that the ACA has become entrenched?”