SANTA FE – Enrollment in New Mexico’s subsidized health exchange has fallen by more than 10 percent since a year ago even as average premium prices have stabilized.
Office of the Superintendent of Insurance spokeswoman Heather Widler on Thursday said 45,232 people signing up or re-enrolled in the state’s federally subsidized marketplace for health insurance during the 45-day period enrollment period ending Dec. 15. Last year, 50,539 people enrolled.
Widler declined to comment about possible reasons for the decline in enrollment through the state’s health exchange portal, known as beWellnm. Average prices for purchasing health insurance on the exchange declined slightly for 2019 from the current year.
Numbers released this week by the federal government show just a slight dip in nationwide enrolled in Affordable Care Act coverage next year through HealthCare.gov.
This story has been revised to correct the spelling of spokeswoman Widler’s first name to Heather.
