Practice Economics

Vermont leads the way in marketplace enrollment


 

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Vermont enrolled the highest percentage of potential enrollees for the Health Insurance Marketplace in 2015, while Hawaii enrolled the lowest percentage, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Enrollment in Vermont’s state-based marketplace as of March 31 was 34,923 – which works out to 77% of the estimated potential population of 45,000. The state with the next-highest enrollment was Florida, with 57% of the potential population, then Maine at 55%, Pennsylvania at 48%, and Delaware at 47%, Kaiser reported.

Hawaii had a marketplace enrollment of 8,200 out of an estimated potential population of 55,000, or 15%, as of March 31. Just ahead of Hawaii were Iowa (17%), Minnesota (19%), South Dakota (19%), and Ohio (20%).

Vermont, Hawaii, and Minnesota have state-based marketplaces, while those in Florida, Maine, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Ohio are federally facilitated. Delaware and Iowa have state-partnership marketplaces.

Number-crunching reveals that the 14 state-based marketplaces have the highest average enrollment at 35.6%, followed by the 27 federally facilitated marketplaces at 34.1%, the 7 state partnerships at 33%, and the 3 states with federally supported marketplaces at 28.3%, according to the Kaiser data, which come from the March 31, 2015 Effectuated Enrollment Snapshot from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and analysis based on 2014 Medicaid eligibility levels and the 2014 Current Population Survey.

rfranki@frontlinemedcom.com

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