Mark Farrah Associates Assessed Annual Health Insurance Enrollment Trends

MCMURRAY, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mark Farrah Associates (MFA), www.markfarrah.com, released a year-end 2020 health insurance segment enrollment update. MFA compared membership between 4^th quarter 2019 with 4^th quarter 2020 to provide greater insight into enrollment trends for the Individual, Group, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid insurance segments.

As of December 31, 2020, approximately 296 million people received medical coverage from U.S. health insurers. This number is up from 288 million, or approximately 7.4 million additional members, from a year ago. Between 4Q19 and 4Q20, membership growth was significant in Medicare Advantage as this segment gained approximately 2 million more members, year-over-year. In addition, the individual health insurance market and Medicaid also experienced marked membership increases. The Employer-group ASO (administrative services only for self-funded plans) and Employer-group risk segments continued to demonstrate year-over-year enrollment decreases.

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