CMS NEWS: Federal Health Insurance Exchange Weekly Enrollment Snapshot: Week Three (Nov. 15-21)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2020 Contact: CMS Media Relations (202) 690-6145 | CMS Media Inquiries   Federal Health Insurance Exchange Weekly Enrollment Snapshot: Week Three Week Three, November 15 - November 21, 2020 In Week Three of the 2021 Open Enrollment period, 758,421 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform. As in past years, enrollment weeks are measured Sunday through Saturday.  Every week during Open Enrollment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release enrollment snapshots for the HealthCare.gov platform, which is used by the Federally-facilitated Exchange and some State-based Exchanges. These snapshots provide point-in-time estimates of weekly plan selections, call center activity, and visits to HealthCare.gov or CuidadoDeSalud.gov. The final number of plan selections associated with enrollment activity during a reporting period may change due to plan modifications or cancellations. In addition, the weekly snapshot only reports new plan selections and active plan renewals and does not report the number of consumers who have paid premiums to effectuate their enrollment. As a reminder, New Jersey and Pennsylvania transitioned to their own State-based Exchange platforms for 2021, thus they are not on the HealthCare.gov platform for 2021 coverage. Those two states accounted for 578,251 plan selections or 7% of all plan selections during the 2020 Open Enrollment Period. These enrollees’ selections will not appear in our figures until we announce the State-based Exchange plan selections. Definitions and details on the data are included in the glossary. HealthCare.gov Platform Snapshot HealthCare.gov Platform Snapshot Week 3: Nov. 15-21 Cumulative:  Nov. 1-21 Plan Selections 758,421  2,380,527 New Consumers 177,644  521,272 Consumers Renewing Coverage 580,777  1,859,255 Consumers on Applications Submitted 1,044,142 3,722,817 Call Center Volume 484,804 1,543,340 Calls with Spanish Speaking Representative 34,886 117,312 HealthCare.gov Users 2,842,776 8,195,718 CuidadoDeSalud.gov Users 95,535 273,766 Window Shopping HealthCare.gov Users 164,808 521,961 Window Shopping CuidadoDeSalud.gov Users 9,719 22,670  HealthCare.gov State-by-State Snapshot  The state-by-state Snapshot provides cumulative individual market plan selections for the 36 states with Exchanges using the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2021 benefit year. Cumulative individual plan selections for the states using the HealthCare.gov platform include:     State Cumulative Plan Selections November 1-21 Alaska 4,763 Alabama 49,785 Arkansas 14,707 Arizona 35,068 Delaware 6,402 Florida 706,686 Georgia 165,929 Hawaii 5,796 Iowa 15,274 Illinois 65,731 Indiana 31,338 Kansas 23,167 Kentucky 19,954 Louisiana 21,304 Maine 13,595 Michigan 64,288 Missouri 56,809 Mississippi 33,136 Montana 10,699 North Carolina 143,793 North Dakota 6,034 Nebraska 24,645 New Hampshire 11,564 New Mexico 12,203 Ohio 43,881 Oklahoma 40,115 Oregon 38,244 South Carolina 65,363 South Dakota 8,684 Tennessee 55,424 Texas 383,324 Utah 67,474 Virginia 65,153 Wisconsin 57,558 West Virginia 4,640 Wyoming 7,997 Glossary Plan Selections: The cumulative metric represents the total number of people who have submitted an application and selected a plan, net of any cancellations from a consumer or cancellations from an insurer that have occurred to date. The weekly metric represents the net change in the number of non-cancelled plan sections over the period covered by the report. Plan selections will not include those consumers who are automatically re-enrolled into a plan. To have their coverage effectuated, consumers generally need to pay their first month’s health plan premium. This release does not report the number of effectuated enrollments. New Consumers: A consumer is considered to be a new consumer if they did not have 2020 Exchange coverage through December 31, 2020, and had a 2021 plan selection. Renewing Consumers: A consumer is considered to be a renewing consumer if they have 2020 Exchange coverage through December 31, 2020, and either actively select the same plan or a new plan for 2021. Exchange: Generally, this report refers to 36 states with Exchanges that use the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2021 benefit year. The states with Exchanges using the HealthCare.gov platform for the individual market Exchange are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. HealthCare.gov States: The 36 states with Exchanges that use the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2021 benefit year, including the Federally-facilitated Exchange and some State-based Exchanges. Consumers on Applications Submitted: This includes a consumer who is on a completed application submitted to the Exchange using the HealthCare.gov platform. If determined eligible for Exchange coverage, a consumer still needs to pick a health plan (i.e., plan selection) and pay their premium to get covered (i.e., effectuated enrollment). Because families can submit a single application, this figure tallies the total number of people on a submitted application (rather than the total number of submitted applications). Call Center Volume: The total number of calls received by the call center for the 36 states with Exchanges that use the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2021 benefit year over the time period covered by the snapshot. Calls with Spanish speaking representatives are not included. Calls with Spanish-Speaking Representative: The total number of calls received by the call center for the 36 states with Exchanges that use the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2021 benefit year over the time period covered by the snapshot where consumers chose to speak with a Spanish-speaking representative. These calls are not included within the Call Center Volume metric. HealthCare.gov Users or CuidadoDeSalud.gov Users: These user metrics total how many unique users viewed or interacted with HealthCare.gov or CuidadoDeSalud.gov, respectively, over the course of a specific date range. For cumulative totals, a separate report is run for the entire Open Enrollment period to minimize users being counted more than once during that longer range of time and to provide a more accurate estimate of unique users. Depending on an individual’s browser settings and browsing habits, a visitor may be counted as a unique user more than once. Window Shopping HealthCare.gov Users or CuidadoDeSalud.gov Users: These user metrics total how many unique users interacted with the window-shopping tool at HealthCare.gov or CuidadoDeSalud.gov, respectively, over the course of a specific date range. For cumulative totals, a separate report is run for the entire Open Enrollment period to minimize users being counted more than once during that longer range of time and to provide a more accurate estimate of unique users. Depending on an individual’s browser settings and browsing habits, a visitor may be counted as a unique user more than once. Users who window-shopped are also included in the total HealthCare.gov or CuidadoDeSalud.gov user total. ###