Marketplace Enrollment Press Call | DPC

Since Day One of this Administration, President Biden has made it a priority to ensure that every American has access to affordable, quality health care.

One of the ways this Administration has advanced that objective is through a rock-solid commitment to the Affordable Care Act.

In fact, every year of the Biden-Harris Administration, we’ve set a new all-time record for ACA Marketplace enrollment.
- When the President took office, 12 million people had signed up for ACA Marketplace coverage.
- In January 2021, the President directed Secretary Becerra to open a special enrollment period – and 3 million more people signed up.
- In January 2022, enrollment grew to 16 million.
- A year later in January 2023, it was 21 million.

Today, I’m absolutely delighted to announce that we’ve – once again – set a new all-time record for Marketplace enrollment.
- We’re announcing that nearly 24 million people have signed up for coverage.
- And we still have 8 days to go before we hit the enrollment deadline, so you’ll see that number continue to grow in the final days of this Administration.

He has expanded the program under the ACA to four states, making sure people can access the care they need, when they need it, including for at home care.

We’ve also cut red tape to make it easier for American families to apply for, and renew their Medicaid coverage.

Today, Medicaid covers about 80 million people; 23 million through Medicaid expansion – driving total ACA-related enrollment to over 45 million.

And more than that, this Administration has driven the uninsured rate to all-time lows, ensuring that more people have health insurance than at any time in American history.

Our record-breaking enrollment shows that this Administration has not taken its foot off the gas in making sure that Americans have access to affordable, quality health care.

We made the largest investment ever into helping people sign up for health insurance – an eight-fold increase from the Trump Administration era.

This additional funding helped to expand our outreach and assistance, especially to those in rural areas, and other underserved communities.

We’ve also eliminated bureaucratic red tape that makes it harder for people to enroll in coverage and strips coverage away from those who need it most.

Americans purchasing their health insurance on HealthCare.gov are saving an average of $800 annually on their premiums, thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration.

But as you’ve likely heard, our efforts to lower health care costs and expand coverage are in jeopardy.

Republicans in Congress are trying to take away the enhanced premium tax credits that make ACA coverage more affordable.

If Republicans in Congress succeed, Americans’ health care costs would sky rocket and the results would be catastrophic:
- A single parent could see their premiums increase by $1500 per year.
- A retired couple could see their premiums increase by $18,000 per year!
- And experts estimate that 3 to 5 million people would become uninsured.

Higher costs and more uninsured people – that’s not what hardworking Americans deserve.

Instead, in 2025, Congress should double down President Biden’s efforts to lower health care costs. And continue driving toward a country where every American has the health care they need.