Health Insurance Open Enrollment Survey: 57% of Americans Say Picking a Health Plan Is Stressful
eHealth published its 2026 open-enrollment survey of more than 1,000 Americans, finding 57% describe picking a health plan as stressful and 84% believe the system is intentionally confusing. The report highlights consumer anxiety around ACA coverage: 68% of ACA enrollees worry about affording 2027 plans, 36% call their current plan unaffordable, and 37% say premium subsidies were reduced from 2025 to 2026.
Key figures
- Margin of error
- +/- 3%
- Survey respondents
- more than 1,000 Americans
- Used ai review options pct
- 48%
- Stressed open enrollment pct
- 57%
- System intentionally confusing pct
- 84%
- Aca enrollees plan unaffordable pct
- 36%
- Aca enrollees worried affordable 2027 pct
- 68%
- Healthcare affordability top3 voting issue pct
- 78%
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