--@SecBecerra & @BrooksLaSureCMS announced over 2.0 million SEP enrollments in #ACA exchange plans to date *nationally*
--1.5 Million via HC.gov; ~500K via state-based exchanges
--1.2 million of them have a plan costing <$10/month
--CMS is announcing exchange *and* Medicaid/CHIP numbers together
--As of February 2021, Medicaid/CHIP enrollment was 81 million
--From Feb 2020 thru Feb 2021, Medicaid/CHIP enrollment went up 10.4 million people
--CMS will CONTINUE releasing Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data ALONGSIDE exchange enrollment going forward (YAY!)
--For new SEP ACA exchange enrollees, avg. net premiums dropped 25%; median deductible dropped *90%*!
--Vast majority of those on *unemployment* in 2021 can get a plan for $0/mo premiums, extremely low deductible/cost sharing
The @urbaninstitute recently estimated #S499 as costing around $350 billion net over a decade...but that *included* making the #AmRescuePlan's subsidies permanent, which are apparently already baked into the #AmFamiliesPlan regardless at an estimated cost of $163B. 1/
The rest of #SilverToGold would presumably cost ~$187 billion...but a more limited version might not end up costing anything net (instead of going to 85/90/95 AV, the upgrade might go to 90/95 only, with everyone over 300% FPL still getting a Gold 80 AV plan, for instance).
The press release says 2 million, but the details indicate that it's over 2.1 million:
--1,522,283 via HealthCare.Gov
--an additional 600,000 via the 15 state-based exchanges
--As @xpostfactoid and I have pointed out repeatedly, the biggest factor re. how much SEP enrollment is up over the pre-COVID era is whether a state has expanded Medicaid or not:
--Expansion states: up 2.4x over 2019
--Non-Expansion states: up 4.0x over 2019
ONCE AGAIN: I raised $6 million DIRECTLY for Dem candidates last cycle. I didnβt take a dime of it. And I donβt expect them to kiss my ass or even give me the time of day. All I expect them to do is vote for good policy and save democracy. Thatβs it.
Thanks to the #AmRescuePlan, #ACA enrollees earning less than 150% are eligible for $0-premium "CSR 94 Silver" plans in most states...which have extremely low deductibles/co-pays to the point that they're effectively the same as Platinum plans! 1/
ALSO thanks to the #AmRescuePlan, if you're receiving unemployment benefits OR IF YOU DID EARLIER THIS YEAR, you're ALSO now likely eligible for a $0-Premium #SecretPlatinum plan as well!
Some states went live with this already; HealthCare.Gov goes live July 1st!