Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows
Source: AP
Updated 6:39 PM EDT, July 6, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — States across the country saw steep drops in the number of people covered by the Affordable Care Act over the past year, with Ohio and Oklahoma each losing nearly one-third of enrollees, according to new federal data that provides the first complete 50-state breakdown of sharp enrollment declines following the January expiration of enhanced subsidies.
The data, posted in late June by the Trump administration and first reported on by The Associated Press, reveals how changes in each state’s insured population led to around 2.6 million fewer Americans having Obamacare plans in February compared with the same time last year.
Healthcare enrollments drop
Enrollments for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act declined by more than 2.5 million in February compared to those a year ago, according to federal data. It captures not only how many people signed up for or were automatically reenrolled in plans in 2026, but how many paid their first monthly premiums to keep coverage, according to Cynthia Cox, a vice president and director of the ACA program at the healthcare research nonprofit KFF, who reviewed the dataset.
She said it accounts for people who were retroactively removed from coverage after a nonpayment grace period ended. “This is the first time we’ve seen state-level data that shows how much ACA marketplace enrollment truly fell,” Cox said. “It’s in line with our expectations, but it does show a very steep drop in the number of people with ACA coverage.”
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Link to CMS REPORT - Health Insurance Exchanges Monthly Effectuated Enrollment