By Rachel Schwab, Rachel Swindle, and Justin Giovannelli

A record number of people have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplaces. This historic enrollment coincides with a new rule that fixes the “family glitch,” a former policy that blocked over 5 million people from accessing marketplace subsidies. Under the Biden administration’s rule, which went into effect for the 2023 plan year, marketplaces have had the crucial responsibility of implementing and broadcasting this new route to affordable health insurance.

In a post for the Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point blog, CHIR experts highlight the variety of activities undertaken by the ACA’s marketplaces to implement the family glitch fix. In addition to updating eligibility and enrollment websites, marketplaces developed robust and targeted outreach campaigns and worked to ensure consumers had sufficient enrollment assistance and ample time to sign up for more affordable coverage. You can read the entire post here.