17,000 Fewer Minnesotans Enrolled in MNsure Health Insurance Since Last Year
MNsure said 17,000 fewer people enrolled as average ACA premiums rose 58% after enhanced tax credits expired.
- MNsure enrollment dropped 12% in May 2026 to 125,700 Minnesotans, a decline of over 17,000 compared to the previous year that mirrors a nationwide drop in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage.
- Most Republican senators blocked efforts to extend "enhanced premium tax credits" that expired at the end of 2025, hiking health insurance costs by 50% for 89,000 Minnesotans and restricting eligibility to 100%–400% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
- Monthly premium payments in ACA marketplaces increased 58%, rising from $113 to $178, while insurance deductibles hit a record $3,786 in 2026 as enrollees switched to cheaper plans with higher out-of-pocket costs.
- The Trump administration attributes the drop to program integrity efforts, claiming credits "created the incentive and opportunity for fraudulent, phantom and improper enrollments," though health policy experts remain skeptical given the timing of premium increases.
- MNsure officials anticipate enrollment will continue trending downward as federal policies change, though effectuated enrollment remains higher than in May 2021, the first year these credits took effect.
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