BeWellNM

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, is the only state marketplace with ongoing daily enrollment data reports:

New Mexico Open Enrollment 2026 - Enrollment Summary

Last Refreshed On: December 31st, 2025

  • Active Re-enrollees: 17,287
  • New Enrollees: 8,443
  • Auto-Re-enrollees: 53,042
  • Total: 78,772

By comparison, at the same point last year, BeWell NM reported:

  • Active Re-enrollees: 19,216
  • New Enrollees: 6,644
  • Auto-Re-enrollees: 39,826
  • Total: 65,686

In other words, new enrollments are up 27% while active renewals are down about 10%; they pretty much cancel each other out compared to the same point last year.

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, is the only state marketplace with ongoing daily enrollment data reports:

New Mexico Open Enrollment 2026 - Enrollment Summary

Last Refreshed On: December 2, 2025

Officially, they're reporting 75,926 Qualified Health Plan (QHP) enrollments already, which is actually 8% higher than the 70,373 which they ended with during the 2025 Open Enrollment Period (OEP) last January.

HOWEVER...and this is a major caveat...that 75,926 includes all current enrollees being auto-renewed for 2026, which doesn't really count for my purposes. Most state exchanges used to hold off on lumping in the auto-renewals until after the initial December deadline, only reporting current enrollees who actively re-enroll along with new enrollees.

When I look at it that way, I get:

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, is the first out of the gate to report hard enrollment data for 2026:

New Mexico Open Enrollment 2026 - Enrollment Summary

Last Refreshed On: November 12th 2025

Officially, they're reporting 70,485 Qualified Health Plan (QHP) enrollments already, which is actually slightly higher than the 70,373 which they ended with during the 2025 Open Enrollment Period (OEP) last January.

HOWEVER...and this is a major caveat...that 70,485 includes all current enrollees being auto-renewed for 2026, which doesn't really count for my purposes. Most state exchanges used to hold off on lumping in the auto-renewals until after the initial December deadline, only reporting current enrollees who actively re-enroll along with new enrollees.

When I look at it that way, I get:

Last week I noted that six states have launched window shopping for the 2026 ACA Open Enrollment Period (OEP), allowing residents of the following states to plug their household information into their states ACA exchange website to see just how much their net health insurance premiums are going to increase starting January 1st, 2026:

Today another seven states joined them by activating 2026 window shopping as well:

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, has an Open Enrollment Dashboard updated weekly:

As of Jan. 12th, 2025:

  • Auto-Reenrollments: 37,261
  • Active Enrollments: 21,559
  • New Enrollments: 8,979
  • TOTAL: 67,799

Compared against the same point last year, New Mexico's 2025 ACA enrollment total is significantly higher:

Not only is New Mexico's exchange enrollment up a whopping 28% vs. the same point last year, it's 20% higher than the 2024 OEP's final total of 56,472.

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, has an Open Enrollment Dashboard updated weekly:

As of Jan. 5th, 2025:

  • Auto-Reenrollments: 38,124
  • Active Enrollments: 20,282
  • New Enrollments: 7,463
  • TOTAL: 65,869

What's more noteworthy is that when compared against the same point last year, New Mexico's 2025 ACA enrollment total is dramatically higher.

Not only is New Mexico's exchange enrollment up a whopping 28% vs. the same point last year, it's actually already 16.6% higher than the 2024 OEP's final total of 56,472!

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, has an Open Enrollment Dashboard updated weekly:

As of Dec. 29th, 2024:

  • Auto-Reenrollments: 39,826
  • Active Enrollments: 19,216
  • New Enrollments: 6,644
  • TOTAL: 65,686

What's more noteworthy is that when compared against the same point last year, New Mexico's 2025 ACA enrollment total is dramatically higher.

Not only is New Mexico's exchange enrollment up a whopping 29% vs. the same point last year, it's actually already 16% higher than the 2024 OEP's final total of 56,472!

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, has an Open Enrollment Dashboard updated weekly:

As of Dec. 22nd, 2024:

  • Auto-Reenrollments: 40,719
  • Active Enrollments: 18,354
  • New Enrollments: 5,942
  • TOTAL: 65,015

What's more noteworthy is that when compared against the same point last year, New Mexico's 2025 ACA enrollment total is dramatically higher.

Not only is New Mexico's exchange enrollment up a whopping 29% vs. the same point last year, it's actually already 15% higher than the 2024 OEP's final total of 56,472!

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, has an Open Enrollment Dashboard updated weekly:

As of Dec. 15th, 2024:

  • Auto-Reenrollments: 42,475
  • Active Enrollments: 16,738
  • New Enrollments: 4,893
  • TOTAL: 64,104

What's more noteworthy is that when compared against the same point last year, New Mexico's 2025 ACA enrollment total is dramatically higher.

Not only is New Mexico's exchange enrollment up a whopping 31% vs. the same point last year, it's actually already 13.5% higher than the 2024 OEP's final total of 56,472!

BeWell NM, New Mexico's ACA exchange, has an Open Enrollment Dashboard updated weekly:

As of Dec. 8th, 2024:

  • Auto-Reenrollments: 45,432
  • Active Enrollments: 13,839
  • New Enrollments: 3,132
  • TOTAL: 62,403

What's more noteworthy is that when compared against the same point last year, New Mexico's 2025 ACA enrollment total is dramatically higher.

New enrollment is actually down slightly year over year, but enrollment jumped so much last year that there's a much larger pool of current enrollees to renew their policies.

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