Obamacare Enrollment Trails 2025 by Less Than Expected
Plan enrollments to date are down more than 800,000 from 2025 but not near the millions predicted.
An Obamacare sign sits in front of an insurance agency in Miami on Nov. 12, 2025. Enrollment in Obamacare surged under the enhanced subsidies—doubling from its pre-pandemic level to more than 24 million by 2025, according to health policy group KFF. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Plan selections in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace were 3.5 percent behind last year’s number with two weeks left in open enrollment, but the drop-off is not as severe as some analysts predicted.
Some 22.8 million people had selected a plan by Jan. 3, about 830,000 fewer than at the same point in 2025. The program—popularly known as Obamacare—appears on track for its second-highest enrollment ever.
