CMS Data Show Daily Exchange Sign-Up Rates Nearly Doubled This Year

ACA supporters cheered a huge increase in the first days of healthcare.gov plan selections compared to last year’s open enrollment period as CMS released information showing 601,000 sign-ups over the first four days of this year's abbreviated time-frame. Most of the sign-ups were renewals, with people shopping new plans in the wake of the steep hikes following President Donald Trump’s cutoff of the cost-sharing reduction payments. The number of people on the applications submitted so far through the 39 states...