ACA Signups Down After Second Open Enrollment Week

Following the second week of Affordable Care Act open enrollment signups are lower than the previous year, with the total number of enrollees at 1,176,232 after the first 10 days of enrollment this year. At a similar point in last year’s open enrollment, cumulative federal exchange signups totaled 1,478,250. Last year’s open enrollment had one additional day in the first week, which beneficiary advocates and experts say makes the two years difficult to compare. But enrollment is still down --...