Florida leading on ACA enrollments but largely without federal help

Florida is leading the nation in Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollments on healthcare.gov during this sixth enrollment period and will likely again be the platform’s biggest customer when the sign-up period ends Dec. 15. But, so far, statewide enrollments are below last year’s mid-November count. Dramatic Trump administration cuts to public outreach and enrollment assistance programs since 2017 aren’t helping.