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The insurer lost about 2.4 million exchange members after enhanced federal tax credits expired, and it credited higher prices for improving margins on the people who stayed.
The hospital chain said people who dropped their marketplace plans kept coming for care without insurance, and Tenet reported the same shift two days later.
3.4million
Centene marketplace members on Sept. 30, 2026, down from 5.8 million a year earlier
Centene's marketplace membership falls to 3.4 million from 5.8 million a year earlier
21%
drop in Centene's commercial premium and service revenues, to $8.7 billion
Centene's marketplace membership falls to 3.4 million from 5.8 million a year earlier
267,000
Molina marketplace members on Sept. 30, 2026, down from 713,000
Centene's marketplace membership falls to 3.4 million from 5.8 million a year earlier
114%
average increase in premium payments marketplace enrollees faced to keep the same plan in 2026
Centene's marketplace membership falls to 3.4 million from 5.8 million a year earlier
$400million
HCA's estimate of the third-quarter cut to income before taxes from more uninsured patients
HCA puts third-quarter cost of patients who lost exchange coverage at $400 million
19%
drop in HCA's admissions of ACA patients from a year earlier
HCA puts third-quarter cost of patients who lost exchange coverage at $400 million
$144million
Tenet's estimated cost of caring for uninsured patients in the third quarter, up from $99 million
HCA puts third-quarter cost of patients who lost exchange coverage at $400 million
114%
average increase in premium payments marketplace enrollees faced to keep the same plan in 2026
HCA puts third-quarter cost of patients who lost exchange coverage at $400 million
