CMS: Nearly 8.3M Enrolled Via Healthcare.gov, Up 7% Compared to 2020

CMS on Tuesday (Jan. 12) released the final enrollment “snapshot” for healthcare.gov’s 2021 open enrollment period that wrapped up in mid-December, showing nearly 8.3 million plan selections across the 36 states, similar to last year even though two states -- New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- switched from the federal exchange to state-based exchanges. CMS reports 8,251,703 plan selections, including 1,884,174 new consumers and 6,367,529 consumers who either actively or were automatically re-enrolled. In total, the 8.25 million sign-ups are a...