A record number of Americans have signed up for a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the White House announced on Wednesday.
About 24 million people picked a plan within the ACA marketplace for 2025, with another week still remaining in the open enrollment period. The record enrollment numbers include nearly 3.2 million new consumers and more than 20.4 million returning ones.
"That means that enrollment has nearly doubled since I took office. That’s no coincidence," Biden wrote. "When I took office, I made a promise to the American people that I would bring down the cost of health care and prescription drugs, make signing up for coverage easier, and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid."
Biden also said that his administration delivered on the promise of continuing to give millions of Americans access to health care by making the "largest ever investment in outreach and enrollment assistance."
Tax credits that made health care coverage more affordable for millions are set to expire at the end of the year. Biden urged Congress to continue the progress his administration has made and to extend the ACA premium tax credit this year.
But the future of the program remains unclear a Republican-controlled Congress and a second Trump presidency.
During the 2024 presidential election, Trump dismissed Democrats' claims that he would terminate the program.
The open enrollment period for health insurance under the ACA ends on Jan. 15.