Mapped: Obamacare enrollment surged in red states
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Texas enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces increased by more than 1 million to 3.5 million this year.
Driving the news: A record 21.3 million people signed up for Obamacare this year, with the largest enrollment increases tallied in red states, according to enrollment figures released by federal health officials last week.
- The 30.7% annual increase in ACA sign-ups comes as former President Donald Trump's renewed calls for repeal have again raised doubts about the law's future, writes Axios' Jason Millman.
Zoom in: Some of the enrollment surge can likely be attributed to a portion of the millions who've recently lost Medicaid coverage moving to the marketplaces.
- About 1.8 million Texans have lost their health insurance since the state started removing people from Medicaid after federal pandemic rules ended, per KFF.
- About 68% of those removals have been for clerical reasons.
By the numbers: States with the largest year-over-year increase in sign-ups include West Virginia (80.2%), Louisiana (75.9%), Ohio (62.2%), Indiana (59.6%) and Tennessee (59.5%), according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the marketplaces.
- Texas is among the seven other states with increases of 45% or more.