New Mexico Increased ACA enrollment by 18%, bucking national trend. Read story in Newsweek.
Did You Know?
New Mexico Democrats’ quick action saved 27,100 of our family, friends, and neighbors from losing health care coverage. NM’s Democratic administration also saved us all from higher premiums. In contrast, 1.2 million Americans nationally lost their health care coverage and others pay much more in premiums because Congressional Republicans refused to extend federal subsidies for Affordable Health Care.
What Your Governor and Democrats Did
Our state leaders stepped in where Congress failed. When Republicans killed the Affordable Care Act tax credits, New Mexico’s Governor and Democrats in the Legislature approved state subsidies to fill the gap—protecting thousands of New Mexicans from devastating premium increases and losing their health care completely.
The Numbers Tell the Story
- New Mexicans who would have lost coverage = 27,100
- Americans who lost coverage nationally = 1.2 million
- How much extra New Mexico residents would have to pay in annual premium increases = $1,500
- Record enrollment through BeWell NM = 85,000
- Annual savings for Sandoval resident earning earning $40K/year = $2,150/per person
Updates
From Axios, 8 July:
“The cost of Obamacare coverage is due to rise by a median of 14% next year, according to a new analysis, marking further turmoil for the law’s marketplaces.
Why it matters: It would mark the second straight year of double-digit premium increases in the individual market.
Customers could be on the hook for thousands of more dollars in costs, worsening the health affordability crisis.
The big picture: Insurers blame the hikes on rising costs of health care services and the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, per the KFF analysis of 77 health plans’ preliminary rate filings in 16 states and the District of Columbia.” Read the rest of the article at https://www.axios.com/2026/07/08/obamacare-aca-premiums-price-jump
References
- https://bewellnm.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nm_premium_assistance_calculator_CY2026_final2.html
- ACA Sign-Ups Are Down by Over a Million People, But It’s Still an Incomplete Picture
- https://www.governor.state.nm.us/2026/01/06/new-mexico-fills-gap-after-congress-lets-aca-tax-credits-expire-bewell-enrollees-shielded-from-premium-hikes-as-subsidies-lapse/