Obamacare Health Coverage Enrollment Remains Steady in 2020

Enrollment in the Obamacare exchanges remained steady for the third year in a row, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Thursday.

About 10.7 million consumers paid their first month’s premium for February in both the federal and state Affordable Care Act exchanges as of March 15—roughly 94% of the 11.4 million who signed up for coverage during open enrollment for 2020, the CMS said.

Total “effectuated” enrollment in February increased by about 1% from the same month in 2019, although the number of plans selected were about equal in the 2019 and 2020 open enrollment periods, the ...