Business at HealthCare.gov slowed during the fifth and sixth weeks of the open enrollment period for 2018 individual health insurance.
The Affordable Care Act exchange program manager received 2018 plan selection information for 1.9 million families and a total of 2.4 million people during the two-week period that ended Dec. 9, according to new data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The number of families selecting plans was up 1 percent from the total for the comparable period in 2016, but the total number of people on those coverage applications was down 4.2 percent, according to CMS data.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
