Individual Market Enrollment Declines In 2019 Following Mandate Repeal

Overall enrollment in the individual market declined by 5% during the first quarter of 2019, the first quarter that the individual mandate penalty repeal was in effect, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation. This decline was concentrated among unsubsidized enrollees and is largely due to the individual mandate penalty repeal along with other Trump administration health care policies, Kaiser says. Roughly 13.7 million people enrolled in the individual market in the first quarter of 2019, compared...