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Over 6 million people secure Jan 1, 2024 healthcare coverage through HealthSherpa (OE24 through 12/15/23)

As of December 15th, HealthSherpa has helped over 6.1 million people secure affordable healthcare coverage that will begin on January 1st, 2024. This is the highest in company history and indicates both significant growth in the ACA Marketplace and the…

Less than two weeks into Open Enrollment, HealthSherpa has enrolled over 1.4 million people

HealthSherpa, the leading ACA enrollment platform, has helped more than 1.4 million people enroll in quality, affordable ACA health insurance plans between November 1 and November 11.* The percentage of consumers getting low-priced coverage is trending up vs. last year…

HealthSherpa continues to be the largest private channel for ACA enrollments in the US, insuring over 5 million people for 2023 and growing more than 50% year over year

HealthSherpa has enrolled more than 5 million people to date in Plan Year 2023 coverage and enrolled about HALF of all new Affordable Care Act enrollees in Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) states during Open Enrollment. HealthSherpa now accounts for 35%…

4.2 Million people secure January 1, 2023 coverage through HealthSherpa

In the final push to secure 1/1/23 coverage, HealthSherpa enrollments were up nearly 23% over the previous week bringing the December 15 enrollment total to 4.2 Million people – the highest in the company’s history. While total enrollment reporting won’t…

Momentum continues through week five as total HealthSherpa 2023 enrollments climb to 3.4 million

This week’s HealthSherpa Marketplace insights show a continued positive trend toward a successful 2023 Open Enrollment season for the ACA Marketplace. HealthSherpa added just over 700k lives last week to bring total enrollments up to 3.4 million members so far…

One month into Open Enrollment, HealthSherpa has enrolled 2.7 million people at a median net premium of $5.61

HealthSherpa’s simple shopping, user-friendly tools, and fast renewals have helped more than 2.7 million people enroll in quality, affordable ACA health insurance plans since 2023 Open Enrollment began November 1, 2022.*  While the busiest weeks of the season are still…

HealthSherpa enrolls more than 3 million people through January 15th, most pay less than $21/month

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. The Open Enrollment period for Plan Year 2022 is over,…

HealthSherpa enrolls more than 2.5 million people for January 1st coverage

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. With the deadline to enroll in coverage for January 1st…

HealthSherpa enrolls 1.7 million people at a median net premium of $18.98

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. Five weeks into Open Enrollment, HealthSherpa has helped more than…

One month into Open Enrollment, HealthSherpa has enrolled 1.3 million people at a median net premium of $17.96

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. With the busiest weeks of Open Enrollment still ahead, HealthSherpa…

HealthSherpa enrolls more than 1 million people in the first three weeks of Open Enrollment, 1 in 3 pay $0/month

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. Three weeks into Open Enrollment, HealthSherpa has helped more than…

HealthSherpa helps nearly 700,000 people access $4.3 billion in subsidies in first two weeks of Open Enrollment

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. Two weeks into open enrollment, HealthSherpa has already helped more…

HealthSherpa enrolls more than 320,000 people in the first week of Open Enrollment, with a median premium of $18

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. The first week of the annual Marketplace Open Enrollment Period…

With American Rescue Plan subsidies, most HealthSherpa enrollees have found coverage for <$10/month

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. The annual Marketplace Open Enrollment Period has just begun, and…

This Open Enrollment, most can get covered for $51/month or less

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Please reach out if you’re interested in additional data. The annual Marketplace Open Enrollment Period is now more than…

HealthSherpa enrolls more than 450,000 people in the first two weeks of Open Enrollment

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. The first two weeks of Open Enrollment are behind us, and HealthSherpa has already helped nearly half a million…

2020 Open Enrollment in Review: 1.2 Million enrolled, most pay under $50/month

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown here for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. As the last few state exchanges wrap up Open Enrollment, we’re excited to share a recap of how the…

In the first two weeks of Open Enrollment, HealthSherpa volume is up 130%

Note to Media: We can provide state-level aggregate data for categories shown in this document for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. We’re now through the first two calendar weeks of the 2019 Open Enrollment Period (OEP19) for ACA…

With Less Than a Week Left of OEP19, HealthSherpa Enrollments Are Up 81% from OEP18

We’re down to just days left in the 2019 Open Enrollment Period (OEP) for ACA-compliant coverage, and HealthSherpa continues to see strong results for enrollments and affordability from the same period during last year’s open enrollment. Through five and a…

Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) Is Live — Here’s Why It’s So Important

It’s always been our mission to help people access health care. When we started HealthSherpa five years ago, we saw that the ACA had amazing potential to provide millions of people with access to health care for the first time,…

November Enrollments up 50% Year-over-Year, $1.2bn in Premium Savings to Date

With two-thirds of the 2019 Open Enrollment Period (OEP19) in the rear view, HealthSherpa customers continue to see significant reductions in what they pay for ACA-compliant coverage compared to OEP18. Those cost reductions may be contributing to much higher total…

Strong Activity Through Thanksgiving as OEP19 Enters the Second Half

We’re now more than halfway through the 2019 Open Enrollment Period (OEP19) for ACA individual health insurance — and past the “Thanksgiving decline” in enrollment activity. These next two weeks are typically when we see the majority of annual enrollments….

First Two Weeks: HealthSherpa 2019 Open Enrollment Period (OEP) Statistics Nov. 1-14, 2018

Note to Media: We can provide state, city, and zip-code level data for the categories shown in this document for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. Two weeks into the 2019 Open Enrollment Period (OEP19) for ACA individual health…

20 Healthcare Reporters to Follow on Twitter

Keeping up with the many layers of healthcare — your own personal health insurance and utilization needs, healthcare reform, and healthcare politics — can be tough. George Kalogeropoulos, HealthSherpa’s Co-founder and CEO, recently got on Twitter and is quickly finding…

HealthSherpa Week 1 2019 Open Enrollment Period Statistics

Nov. 1-7, 2017 vs. Nov. 1-7, 2018 We are now a week into the 2019 Open Enrollment Period (OEP19) for ACA individual health insurance, and contrary to recent numbers released by the CMS, it appears that the demand for coverage…

HealthSherpa Sees Strong Results on First Day of OEP 2019

Note to Media: Follow @GeorgeK_HS for ongoing data.  Additionally, we can provide state, city, and zip-code level data for the categories shown in this document for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. UPDATE! We have additional details through Day…

Good news! You qualify for health insurance — check out these seven scenarios to find out how to get it

Don’t know if you qualify for Affordable Care Act health insurance? Check out these seven scenarios to see if any of them apply to you. If one or more does, get your coverage before January 15. If you miss OEP,…

Five Facts from ACA 2018 that tell us what to expect in 2019

Note to Media: Follow @GeorgeK_HS for ongoing data.  Additionally, we can provide state, city, and zip-code level data for the categories shown in this document for healthcare.gov states where HealthSherpa offers ACA-subsidized policies. For the past few weeks, HealthSherpa has…

What did ACA health insurance cost in your state this year?

In the second HealthSherpa Research “ACA 2018 Open Enrollment Year in Review,” we take a look at how individual states fared with plan premium costs, subsidies, and the types of plans selected. We’ll also look at the gender and age…

HealthSherpa 2018 OEP Year-in-Review

We’re just three weeks away from the 2019 Open Enrollment Period (OEP) for individual Marketplace coverage and we here at HealthSherpa Research are excited to share insights culled from our thousands of enrollments nationwide over the past five OEPs. We’ll…

18% of ACA enrollees pay $0 a month for coverage

With week two of Open Enrollment (OEP) behind us, we’ve enrolled nearly 70,000 people in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance. As reported last week, within the first seven days of OEP, we enrolled double the number of people compared…

1 in 3 ACA enrollees paying less than $10 a month for health insurance

HealthSherpa.com enrolled more than 25,000 people in health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) between November 1st and November 8th, which is roughly 3% of total volume through HealthCare.gov. Since 2014, we have enrolled nearly 950,000 people in ACA…

Cost-Sharing Reduction cuts: 5 questions answered in response to Trump’s executive order

First, we want to acknowledge how challenging it can be to follow all the developments around Obamacare, healthcare, and insurance. With less than 2 weeks until Open Enrollment for 2018 coverage (which begins on November 1), things can get confusing…