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Reuters · October 14, 2026

KFF: Affordable Care Act Enrollment Fell to 20.5 Million in June

  • Affordable Care Act enrollment fell 18% to 20.5 million members in June, according to health policy research firm KFF, as reported by Reuters.
  • Enrollment was 25.2 million in the year-earlier period, KFF said.
  • A previous KFF study found enrollment declined 12% year-over-year in February, according to the report.
  • U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Wednesday press briefing that about 20 million people currently rely on the Affordable Care Act plans, according to the report.
  • In a KFF March survey, 17% of members enrolled in the plans said they are not confident they can pay premiums through the year, according to the report.
  • KFF said its study analyzed insurer marketplace enrollment reported in regulatory filings.
Removed: superlative framing of the decline and descriptions of enrollees' cost pressures beyond the documented survey result and reported premium figures.

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