“A record 31 million people have gotten coverage through the Affordable Care Act thanks to growth in Medicaid expansion and the insurance marketplaces, a new report finds.”
“Biden administration officials used the report released Saturday by the Department of Health and Human Services to highlight efforts to expand coverage on the ACA’s marketplaces and in Medicaid, including increased marketplace subsidies passed in the American Rescue Plan Act.”
“’The historic numbers released today speak to the success of the Affordable Care Act and our country’s need for quality, affordable healthcare,’ HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra tweeted on Saturday.”
“The data shows that 11.3 million people have enrolled in ACA marketplace plans as of February 2021. Another 14.8 million adults have coverage through the law’s Medicaid expansion as of December 2020.”
“’In addition, there are one million people enrolled in the ACA’s Basic Health Program, and nearly four million previously eligible adult Medicaid enrollees who gained coverage under expansion due to the ACA’s enhanced outreach, streamlined applications and increased federal funding under the ACA,’ HHS added in a release.”
“So far 37 states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid, HHS said.”
“The Biden administration is trying to entice more states to sign up. The American Rescue Plan Act temporarily boosted federal matching rates for holdout states…” Read the full article here.
Source: HHS: ACA exchange, Medicaid expansion coverage reaches record 31M – By Robert King, June 7, 2021. Fierce Healthcare.
