Record 171,000 Kansans enroll in health insurance marketplace

Enrollment in Kansas in the health insurance marketplace climbed 37.7%. Allen County had 7.6% of its population enrolled. Thrive staff member Rhonda Culp talks about the community outreach effort.

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August 9, 2024 - 3:36 PM

Kansas Health Institute, a nonpartisan and nonprofit health education organization in Topeka, says a record 171,000 Kansans secured health insurance in 2025 through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Thrive Allen County’s Rhonda Culp is at top right. Photo by Screen capture from Kansas Health Institute’s YouTube channel

TOPEKA — A record 171,000 Kansans enrolled this year in the subsidized health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act, an increase more than 60,000 over the past two years.

The nonprofit, nonpartisan Kansas Health Institute reported Thursday that enrollment in Kansas for the 2024 plan year climbed 37.7% from the 124,000 total in 2023 and the 107,000 total in 2022. Nationally, enrollment in the ACA reached 21.5 million in 2024, a 31.1% rise from the previous year.

Twenty-two of Kansas’ 105 counties had more than 7.1% of the population enrolled in health…

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