Massachusetts wraps up 2019 ACA Open Enrollment by breaking 300K QHPs!

Thu, 01/24/2019 - 4:19pm

This is a very quick post as I’m in the middle of the Families USA healthcare conference, but it’s a significant one: The Massachusetts Health Connector, which wrapped up their 2019 ACA Open Enrollment Period last night, just reported the following:

Here is an update as of today, with Open Enrollment having ended last night.

Note: These numbers below should be considered something of a high-water mark. There will be fluctuations as plan-selecteds lose their window, members terminate, but also some applicants end up enrolling in March coverage.

Total enrollments (Including all January, February and March enrollments to date): 292,006

Plan selected/unenrolled: 8,079

2019 enrollment as defined by CMS: 300,085

Our new enrollment (people who did not have Health Connector coverage as of Nov. 1) is 60,361. This is a 23 percent increase from last year’s 49,034 at the same point in time.

Our retention rate is currently 89.7 percent, up about 2.6 percent from last year.