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On March 23, 2023, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its issue brief, Health Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act: Current Enrollment Trends and State Estimates. The brief provides current estimates of health insurance coverage enrollment through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, Medicaid expansion, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP).

According to the brief, since the implementation of the ACA in 2014, the highest total on record of 40.2 million Americans were enrolled in coverage based on 2022 and early 2023 enrollment data. This represents more than 9.3 million individuals that enrolled as compared with those in 2021 (a 30% increase) and 27.6 million more individuals enrolled as compared with those that enrolled in 2014 (a 219% increase). The brief also indicated that 4.2 million more individuals gained ACA-related coverage with most of the coverage gains being equal among the Marketplace and Medicaid expansion.

The brief is available here.