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Rising Insurance Costs Leave 10% Uninsured After ACA

3/21/2026

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Rising health insurance costs prompt Americans to drop coverage, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey.
About 10% of people who had Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans last year are now uninsured.
Subsidy expiration has driven premiums higher and eighty percent of enrollees report increased costs.
Three-quarters of enrollees worry about emergency-care costs.
Aetna has exited the ACA market.

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Story summary

Rising health insurance costs prompt Americans to drop coverage, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey.
About 10% of people who had Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans last year are now uninsured.
Subsidy expiration has driven premiums higher and eighty percent of enrollees report increased costs.
Three-quarters of enrollees worry about emergency-care costs.
Aetna has exited the ACA market.