What The Study Did: This research letter analyzed enrollment data from California's health insurance marketplace, Covered California, and study authors report losing the option to automatically reenroll because some insurers exited the marketplace was associated with a decrease in enrollment.
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Authors: Coleman Drake, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh, and David M. Anderson, M.S., of the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Durham, North Carolina, are the authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.3717)
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