A record nearly 24 million Americans signed up for the Affordable Care Act during the Biden administration’s latest enrollment period, the White House announced Wednesday, a 9% jump from the previous year, with one week remaining for others to register.
The 2025 enrollment figure is supported by 3.2 million new consumers compared to last year, according to the Center for Medicare. & Medicaid Services, with 20.4 million insured consumers in 2024 selecting a plan for the new year or automatically re-enrolling. About 900,000 more did not re-register between 2024 and 2025, the figures show.
“This means that registrations have almost doubled since I took office,” the president said Joe Biden said in a statement. “This is no coincidence. When I took office, I promised the American people to lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs, make it easier to enroll in coverage, and strengthen the ‘Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid.
He added: “I am proud that my administration kept its promises – even as Republican lawmakers, eager to jeopardize media coverage for millions of Americans, stood in the way. I urge Congress to double down on the progress we have made. and ensure Americans have access to affordable, quality health care by extending the ACA premium tax credit this year.
The White House notes that this figure is likely to increase before the open enrollment period, which began on November 1, ends on January 15 for states that are part of the federal marketplace, while others have until the end of the month.
The White House is pictured during a winter snowstorm in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
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During his first term, the president Donald Trump has repeatedly tried to repeal the ACA, but was unsuccessful. In November 2023, he also pledged to replace him in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Since then, he has changed course. In March, Trump said he was “not running to end” the ACA, but wanted to make it “better” and “cheaper,” in an article on Truth Social.
During the September presidential debate, he said he had “ideas of a plan” and that it would be “better health care than Obamacare” but provided few details.
ABC News’ Mary Kekatos contributed to this report.