Research on ACA Plan ‘Turnover’ Hints at Coverage Losses to Come

Jun 13
Jun 13, 2025

With policy changes looming that could drastically reduce access to $0-premium health plans on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, a new study offers a glimpse into how consumers might respond.

“It’s extremely relevant for next year,” says David Anderson, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina who was one of the study’s coauthors.
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Leslie Small

Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.