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via Covered California's Open Enrollment Dashboard, as of January 31st (which was also the final 2026 OEP deadline):

• New enrollments: 235,055
• Active renewals: 538,476
• Autorenewals: 1,153,840
• Total: 1,927,371

The final tally last year (via the official 2025 OEP Public Use File, not the Covered CA dashboard):

• New enrollments: 345,711
• Active renewals: 433,022
• Autorenewals: 1,200,771
• Total: 1,979,504

Overall, that means...

 via Covered California's Open Enrollment Dashboard, as of January 24th:

• New enrollments: 203,279
• Active renewals: 519,242
• Autorenewals: 1,184,992
• Total: 1,907,513

As of the same point last year (actually 1 day more; the data from last year is as of 1/18/25), Covered CA was reporting:

• New enrollments: 299,060
• Active renewals: 440,440
• Autorenewals: 1,198,514
• Total: 1,938,014

Overall, that means...

A few minutes ago I posted a press release from Pennie (Pennsylvania's state-based ACA exchange). The release mostly focuses on the upcoming final Open Enrollment Period deadline for February coverage in the Keystone State (January 31st), but it also includes a couple of depressing (if completely predictable) stats at the end:

Costs have risen by 102% for Pennie enrollees in 2026 due to the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits. Congress has not extended these critical savings. To date, over 70,000 Pennsylvanians have dropped coverage as a result of the higher prices – nearly 1,000 a day for most of Open Enrollment. More information can be found at pennie.com/affordability.

I did indeed visit that link, where I found the following additional details (the data provided is as of January 20th...unfortunately they don't actually list the total 2026 plan selections anywhere for some reason):

via Pennie:

A Officials urge all Pennsylvanians without health coverage to visit pennie.com to get protected during the Open Enrollment Period.   

PENNSYLVANIA – January 22, 2026 – Time is running out to enroll in health coverage through Pennie for 2026. The Open Enrollment Period will close on January 31st, marking the final opportunity for Pennsylvanians to sign up for health insurance for the year ahead. Due to federal changes causing higher health plan costs, Pennie extended the Open Enrollment deadline to January 31st ensuring Pennsylvanians have additional time to review their options and secure coverage.  

Pennie, the Commonwealth’s official health insurance marketplace, is currently open at pennie.com and offers high-quality coverage options for individuals and families who do not have access to other health insurance. If you or someone you know does not currently have health coverage, this is the final time to act and visit pennie.com to explore your options to get enrolled.   

via Covered California's Open Enrollment Dashboard, as of January 17th:

• New enrollments: 190,628
• Active renewals: 518,380
• Passive Autorenewals: 1,197,025
• Total: 1,906,033

As of the same point last year (actually 1 day more; the data from last year is as of 1/18/25), Covered CA was reporting:

• New enrollments: 278,335
• Active renewals: 432,725
• Passive/Autorenewals: 1,210,780
• Total: 1,921,840

Overall, that means...

Last night, the 2026 ACA Open Enrollment Period (OEP) concluded across most states, including New Mexico (there are 10 other states with later deadlines).

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, is among the only ACA exchanges with ongoing daily enrollment data reports, last updated early this morning. Here's how they wrapped things up compared to the 2025 OEP (barring any clerical corrections in this year's data):

Overall enrollment in the Land of Enchantment is up a whopping 17%!

While this may sound surprising at first, it should be once you know that New Mexico is the only state which is FULLY BACKFILLING 100% of the lost federal tax credits for ALL enrollees.

via Covered California's Open Enrollment Dashboard, as of January 10th:

• New enrollments: 175,457
• Active renewals: 513,023
• Passive Autorenewals: 1,221,996
• Total: 1,910,476

As of the same point last year (actually 1 day more; the data from last year is as of 1/11/25), Covered CA was reporting:

• New enrollments: 253,725
• Active renewals: 423,230
• Passive/Autorenewals: 1,225,611
• Total: 1,902,566

Now that we're past the deadline for January coverage, I can start including auto-renewals as well. Overall...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just published the second official 2026 Open Enrollment Period snapshot report:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that 22.8 million consumers have signed up for 2026 individual market health insurance coverage through the Marketplaces since the start of the 2026 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period (OEP) on November 1, 2025. This includes 15.6 million Marketplace plan selections in the 30 states using the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2026 plan year and 7.2 million plan selections in the 20 states and the District of Columbia with state-based Exchanges (SBEs) that are using their own eligibility and enrollment platforms.

Total nationwide plan selections include 2.8 million consumers who are new to the Marketplaces for 2026, and 20.0 million consumers who had active 2025 coverage and selected a plan for 2026 coverage or were automatically re-enrolled.

via Covered California's Open Enrollment Dashboard, as of January 3rd:

• New enrollments: 163,023
• Active renewals: 509.526
• Passive Autorenewals: 1,252,350
• Total: 1,924,899

As of the same point last year (actually 1 day more; the data from last year is as of 12/28), Covered CA was reporting:

• New enrollments: 235,573
• Active renewals: 425,700
• Passive/Autorenewals: 1,241,745
• Total: 1,903,018

Now that we're past the deadline for January coverage, I can start including auto-renewals as well. Overall...

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, is the only state marketplace with ongoing daily enrollment data reports:

New Mexico Open Enrollment 2026 - Enrollment Summary

Last Refreshed On: December 31st, 2025

• Active Re-enrollees: 17,287
• New Enrollees: 8,443
• Auto-Re-enrollees: 53,042
• Total: 78,772

By comparison, at the same point last year, BeWell NM reported:

• Active Re-enrollees: 19,216
• New Enrollees: 6,644
• Auto-Re-enrollees: 39,826
• Total: 65,686

In other words, new enrollments are up 27% while active renewals are down about 10%; they pretty much cancel each other out compared to the same point last year.