Covered California sees record sign-ups, which should keep rates in check for ’22

A record 1.6 million residents have enrolled in health insurance coverage through the state’s marketplace, due in part to financial help from the most recent federal pandemic relief bill, Covered California officials said last week.

Officials with Covered California, which the state formed under former President Barack Obama’s health care law the Affordable Care Act, said subsidization from tax credits in the American Rescue Plan Act is expected to save Covered California enrollees an average of $700 per month in health care premiums.