2025 KFF Marketplace Enrollees Survey
- * ACA marketplace Enrollment growth: Enrollment in the ACA marketplaces is growing, particularly in Southern states and states won by President Trump in 2024.
- In essence, the article highlights a growing and increasingly politically diverse ACA marketplace, coupled with widespread skepticism about the ability of either party to control healthcare costs.
Here’s a summary of the key findings from the KFF article:
* ACA marketplace Enrollment growth: Enrollment in the ACA marketplaces is growing, particularly in Southern states and states won by President Trump in 2024.
* Political Diversity of Enrollees: A significant portion of enrollees identify as Republican or lean Republican (39%), including a significant number (24%) who support the MAGA movement.Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents make up 45% of enrollees, wiht 17% identifying as politically neutral.
* Low Confidence in Addressing healthcare Costs: enrollees have low confidence in both President Trump (66%) and Republicans in Congress (67%) to address healthcare costs. Confidence in Democrats in Congress is slightly better (53% lacking confidence), but still not high.
* Partisan Divide in Confidence: As was to be expected, Democrats are more confident in Democrats in Congress (73%), while Republicans are more confident in President Trump (75%) and Republicans in Congress (73%).
* MAGA Supporters’ Views: A large majority of MAGA supporters with Marketplace coverage express confidence in Trump (83%) and Republicans in Congress (77%). Interestingly, a quarter of them do express some confidence in Democrats in Congress.
* Blame for Increased Costs: If healthcare expenses increase,a plurality of enrollees (37%) would blame President Trump,followed by Republicans in Congress (33%) and then Democrats in Congress (29%).Democrats are more likely to blame Republicans and Trump specifically.
In essence, the article highlights a growing and increasingly politically diverse ACA marketplace, coupled with widespread skepticism about the ability of either party to control healthcare costs. It also suggests that healthcare costs could be a significant political issue in the 2026 elections.