{"id":3731,"date":"2026-06-27T19:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:05:55","slug":"millions-drop-obamacare-health-coverage-after-subsidies-expire-and-costs-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3731","title":{"rendered":"Millions drop Obamacare health coverage after subsidies expire and costs rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 About 3 million fewer people in the United States had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year, according to new federal data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested the 13% drop in enrollment from 22.1 million people in 2025 to 19.2 million this year could be attributed to a federal crackdown on fraudulent or \u201cphantom\u201d enrollment. But health analysts said it was more likely related to the Jan. 1 expiration of federal subsidies, which caused a surge in plan costs that resulted in many people being unable to pay their premiums.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that real people lost their health insurance coverage,\u201d said Cynthia Cox, a vice president and director of the ACA program at the healthcare research nonprofit KFF, citing survey findings on people who had left their plans. \u201cThis coverage loss happened at the same time millions of people faced double or even triple digit increases in their premium payments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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