Once again: The true measure of ACA healthcare coverage enrollment isn't how many people select policies during the Open Enrollment Period, it's how many actually have those policies in effect (aka "effectuated enrollment") as well as how comprehensive the policy is (ie, its "Actuarial Value").
New Mexico is a massive positive outlier on both fronts in 2026, and it's pretty obvious how they're pulling it off: Not only is it the only state which is fully backfilling 100% of the enhanced federal tax credits which Congressional Republicans allowed to expire back in December for 100% of all enrollees, they doing this in addition to their existing state-based supplemental subsidy program.
