Eroding ACA Enrollment Portends Higher Insurance Rates By Julie Appleby May 19, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/insurance/eroding-aca-enrollment-higher-insurance-rates/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9VeHlK1GGqyj5uXxCCQPlOblrcP6ogegO2ho2OP5F07qTBKy3eJxxlfax9Uoska6-S5OumCNB_TBWEfcHwsfD2ri7LMA&_hsmi=419442247&utm_content=419442247&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Eroding ACA Enrollment Portends Higher Insurance Rates Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act continues to erode as some customers struggle to make premium payments, with the declining numbers churning market uncertainty for insurers. In response, insurers are likely to raise rates again next year, following this year’s larger-than-typical hikes. Sign-ups were already down in January by about 1.2 million from last year’s record enrollment. For this year, enrollees then faced premiums that increased, on average, by 26%. On top of that, subsidies that help people purchase coverage shrank or vanished. (Appleby, 5/19)