State by State Enrollment in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, as of February 1, 2011
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The Affordable Care Act created the new Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) program to make health insurance available to Americans denied coverage by private insurance companies because of a pre-existing condition. Coverage for people living with such conditions as diabetes, asthma, cancer, and HIV/AIDS has often been priced out of the reach of most Americans who buy their own insurance, and this has resulted in a lack of coverage for millions.
The PCIP program is administered by either the state or the federal government: 23 states and the District of Columbia elected to have their PCIP program administered by the federal government while 27 states have chosen to run their own programs.
The PCIP program began accepting applications for enrollment July, 2010 (July 1, 2010 for the federal program, dates for State programs varied). The chart below details the date when each state began providing benefits to people accepted into the program and the number of people enrolled in the program as reported by each state as of February 1, 2011.
State | Date Coverage for Enrollees Began (in 2010) | Number of People Enrolled, reported as of February 1, 2011* |
---|---|---|
***Alabama | August 1 | 61 |
Alaska | September 1 | 20 |
***Arizona | August 1 | 270 |
Arkansas | September 1 | 147 |
California | October 25 | 706 |
Colorado | September 1 | 434 |
Connecticut | September 1 | 22 |
***Delaware | August 1 | 34 |
***District of Columbia | October 1 | 10 |
***Florida | August 1 | 613 |
***Georgia | August 1 | 399 |
***Hawaii | August 1 | 23 |
***Idaho | August 1 | 42 |
Illinois | September 1 | 943 |
***Indiana | August 1 | 131 |
Iowa | September 1 | 80 |
Kansas | August 1 | 112 |
***Kentucky | August 1 | 56 |
Louisiana | August 1 | 92 |
Maine | August 1 | 13 |
Maryland | September 1 | 145 |
**Massachusetts | August 1 | 0 |
Michigan | October 1 | 89 |
***Minnesota | August 1 | 29 |
***Mississippi | August 1 | 58 |
Missouri | August 15 | 166 |
Montana | August 1 | 153 |
***Nebraska | August 1 | 39 |
***Nevada | August 1 | 125 |
New Hampshire | July 1 | 78 |
New Jersey | August 15 | 216 |
New Mexico | August 1 | 198 |
New York | October 1 | 411 |
North Carolina | August 1 | 674 |
***North Dakota | August 1 | 5 |
Ohio | September 1 | 726 |
Oklahoma | September 1 | 190 |
Oregon | August 1 | 483 |
Pennsylvania | October 1 | 2046 |
Rhode Island | September 15 | 85 |
***South Carolina | August 1 | 242 |
South Dakota | July 15 | 62 |
***Tennessee | August 1 | 171 |
***Texas | August 1 | 1007 |
Utah | September 1 | 117 |
**Vermont | September 1 | 0 |
***Virginia | August 1 | 204 |
Washington | September 1 | 139 |
***West Virginia | September 1 | 15 |
Wisconsin | August 1 | 307 |
***Wyoming | August 1 | 49 |
Total | 12,437 |
* Enrollment with respect to the federally-administered is shown as of February 1, 2011 while enrollment with respect to the state-administered PCIPs is reported as of December 31, 2010. This is because the deadline for state reporting lags by 1 month.
** Massachusetts and Vermont (Federally administered PCIP) are guarantee issue states that have already implemented many of the broader market reforms included in the Affordable Care Act that take effect in 2014. Existing commercial plans offering guaranteed coverage at premiums comparable to PCIP are already available in both states.
*** Federally administered PCIP
Past enrollment data is available here
Posted: February 23, 2012