Health insurance in Anchorage Borough, Alaska
2 insurers sell 15 marketplace plans here, and 11.4% of under-65 residents have no coverage at all.
Source: CMS Marketplace Open Enrollment Public Use Files and US Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, 2026 release.
Two insurers, and what that means
Two insurers sell here, offering 15 plans between them. If either leaves, Anchorage Borough becomes a single-insurer county. It gained 1 since the previous plan year, up from 1.
How many people here have no coverage
11.4% of Anchorage Borough's 244,532 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 27,952 people. That is close to the Alaska rate of 12.1%, and puts Anchorage Borough in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (782nd).
How much the marketplace is used
10,489 Anchorage Borough residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 43 per thousand under-65 residents, 1733rd of 1,817. That is under the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 1,931 of them — 18% — were new rather than renewing.
Anchorage Borough against Alaska
Anchorage Borough is the largest of the 3 Alaska counties we publish, by under-65 population. Its uninsured rate runs 0.7 points lower than Alaska overall and it carries the same 2 insurers as every other county in the state. Marketplace use is close to the Alaska rate.
| Anchorage Borough | Alaska | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 11.4% | 12.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 2 | 2–2 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 15 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 43 | 46 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 18% | 18% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County (Michigan) | 247,015 | 5.2% | 6 | 67 |
| Cleveland County (Oklahoma) | 247,474 | 11.9% | 7 | 94 |
| Greene County (Missouri) | 247,489 | 9.9% | 4 | 48 |
| Hays County (Texas) | 249,025 | 14.9% | 9 | 102 |
| Rockingham County (New Hampshire) | 252,343 | 4.5% | 4 | 46 |
Hays County has 9 insurers against this county's 2 — a reminder that the county line, not the state line, is what decides your options.
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