More people are choosing the cheapest and most expensive ACA plans

The details: HealthSherpa says it signed up 25,000 people in the first week of this open enrollment period. Here's the breakdown of which plans those consumers chose, and how those results compare to the first week of last year's enrollment window:

• Bronze: 23% — up from 20% last year
• Silver: 70% — down from 78% last year
• Gold: 6.5% — up from 2% last year

How it works: Silver plans have traditionally been the most popular, but this year is weird. As a side effect of President Trump cutting off the ACA's cost-sharing subsidies, many consumers' subsidies will now cover the entire premium for a bronze plan, and in some cases gold plans are actually cheaper than silver.

• HealthSherpa's data indicate that consumers are taking advantage of those options, but not in huge numbers.