Maine: CoverME reports 30.9K active enrollments thru 12/27; 58.2K total so far

via CoverME, Maine's ACA exchange:

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of the Health Insurance Marketplace (OHIM) will release biweekly updates on plan selections through CoverME.gov, Maine’s Health Insurance Marketplace.  

Plan selections provide a snapshot of activity by new and returning consumers who have selected a plan for 2026. “Plan selections” become “enrollments” once consumers have paid their first monthly premium to begin coverage. These numbers are subject to change as consumers may modify or cancel plans after their initial selection.   

The deadline to select a plan for coverage beginning January 1, 2026 is December 15, 2025. Consumers who select a plan between December 16, 2025 and January 15, 2026 will have coverage beginning February 1, 2026. 

Officially, they're reporting 58,188 Qualified Health Plan (QHP) enrollments already, which is about 90% of the 64.678 which they ended with during the 2025 Open Enrollment Period (OEP) last January.

HOWEVER...and this is a major caveat...nearly half of those (47%) are current enrollees who were passively auto-renewed for 2026. Again, don't be surprised if a significant number of those folks are forced to immediately drop their coverage the moment they receive their January invoice (and others will stick it out for only a few months before being forced to drop coverage).