As ACA enrollment falls by millions, Trump administration and policy gurus disagree on why
Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace has fallen by millions of people this year — and the Trump administration and health policy experts are at odds over the cause.
The number of people enrolled in a health insurance plan bought on the ACA marketplace declined by roughly 3 million people — or, about 13% — to 19.2 million in February 2026 from 22.1 million at the end of 2025, according to data issued last week by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Health policy experts said the drop-off is the clearest sign yet that the lapse of federal subsidies for ACA premiums is making insurance too expensive for many Americans, leading many households to drop their coverage.
The Trump administration described the decline in a positive way: HHS pointed to its efforts to crack down on fraud as a major driver of the recent falloff.
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Only a pig like Trump would try to pass off fewer people insured as a good thing.
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