More than 206,000 people selected a 2021 health plan through the federally facilitated marketplace Feb. 15-28, the first two weeks of a special enrollment period created in response to the COVID-19 emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports.

The total includes selections by state for the 36 states that use the federally facilitated marketplace. CMS plans to update the report monthly during the SEP, which runs through May 15.

For resources to help promote the SEP, see the Get Covered 2021 digital toolkit . AHA is a member of the non-partisan Get Covered 2021 coalition, which works to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and expand coverage.

Related News Articles

Headline
The AHA Dec. 17 urged Elevance Health, which is the parent company of the Anthem brand of health plans, to rescind Anthem’s nonparticipating provider…
Headline
The American Medical Association Dec. 16 released its latest annual report on health insurance competition, finding that 97% of commercial markets were highly…
Headline
Approximately 950,000 consumers who currently do not have health insurance coverage through the federally facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace have signed…
Headline
The Senate today failed to pass legislation to address health care affordability. The chamber first voted on a Republican-backed bill that failed by a 51-…
Headline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a bulletin Nov. 18 summarizing provisions from the budget reconciliation bill related to Medicaid and…
Headline
Aetna’s new “level of severity inpatient payment” policy is now set to take effect Jan. 1, 2026, the company recently announced, along with providing…