Fewer Californians maintain Obamacare coverage without auto-enrollment

Californians who lost the option to automatically re-enroll in an Affordable Care Act exchange plan were less likely to hold on to their insurance coverage than households that could enroll automatically, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Researchers analyzed individual enrollment data and found that the re-enrollment rate was 51.2% among 122,463 households in areas and years that experienced an insurer exit but still had the option to automatically re-enroll. The adjusted rate was much lower at about 21.5% among the 781 households that could not automatically re-enroll.

Source: Modern Healthcare, Fewer people maintain Obamacare coverage without auto-enrollment