In recent Mercatus research, I found that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was generally underperforming initial expectations, particularly with lower exchange enrollment and an overall risk pool with a disproportionate number of older and less healthy people. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released 2016 exchange enrollment data through the first two months of the three-month open enrollment period. Although nearly one month of open enrollment remains, the new data generally supports my previous findings. Here are seven things you should know about the new data.
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