Fact Sheets Dec 06, 2018

Weekly Enrollment Snapshot: Week 5

Weekly Enrollment Snapshot: Week 5

Week 5, Nov 25-Dec 1, 2018

In week five of the 2019 Open Enrollment, 773,250 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform. As in past years, enrollment weeks are measured Sunday through Saturday.  Consequently, the cumulative totals reported in this snapshot reflect one fewer day than last year.

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 Exchanges 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.

Definitions and details on the data are included in the glossary.

HealthCare.gov Platform Snapshot

HealthCare.gov Platform Snapshot

Week 5: Nov 25 – Dec 1

Cumulative:  Nov 1-Dec 1

Plan Selections

773,250

3,198,163

New Consumers

224,132

812,263

Consumers Renewing Coverage

549,118

2,385,900

Consumers on Applications Submitted

1,071,125

 

 

5,126,236

 

Call Center Volume

701,277

2,676,812

Calls with Spanish Speaking Representative

45,786

181,704

HealthCare.gov Users

2,435,992

9,059,798

CuidadoDeSalud.gov Users

84,459

337,524

Window Shopping HealthCare.gov Users

200,172

909,749

Window Shopping CuidadoDeSalud.gov Users

6,707

26,052

 

HealthCare.gov State-by-State Snapshot 

The state-by-state Snapshot provides cumulative individual plan selections for the 39 states using the HealthCare.gov platform. Cumulative individual plan selections for the states using the HealthCare.gov platform include: 

 

 State

Cumulative Plan Selections Nov 1 – Dec 1

Alaska

7,065

Alabama

63,751

Arkansas

22,201

Arizona

55,090

Delaware

7,706

Florida

799,188

Georgia

182,018

Hawaii

7,806

Iowa

18,999

Illinois

100,218

Indiana

47,974

Kansas

35,783

Kentucky

30,172

Louisiana

29,802

Maine

23,809

Michigan

96,042

Missouri

77,912

Mississippi

35,445

Montana

15,529

North Carolina

184,891

North Dakota

8,184

Nebraska

38,407

New Hampshire

15,255

New Jersey

89,712

New Mexico

16,935

Nevada

31,068

Ohio

66,329

Oklahoma

51,169

Oregon

56,060

Pennsylvania

123,918

South Carolina

82,402

South Dakota

11,155

Tennessee

75,729

Texas

414,350

Utah

75,197

Virginia

100,457

Wisconsin

82,493

West Virginia

7,728

Wyoming

10,214

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 2018 Exchange coverage through December 31, 2018 and had a 2019 plan selection.

Renewing Consumers: A consumer is considered to be a renewing consumer if they have 2018 Exchange coverage through December 31, 2018 and either actively select the same plan or a new plan for 2019.

Exchange: Generally, this report refers to 39 states that use the HealthCare.gov platform. The states 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 Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

HealthCare.gov States: The 39 states that use the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2019 benefit year, including the Federally-facilitated Exchanges and some State-based Exchanges.

Consumers on Applications Submitted: This includes a consumer who is on a completed and submitted application 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 39 states that use the HealthCare.gov platform 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 39 states that use the HealthCare.gov platform 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.

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