Health insurance in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
2 insurers sell 15 marketplace plans here, and 12.7% 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, Matanuska-Susitna Borough becomes a single-insurer county. It gained 1 since the previous plan year, up from 1.
How many people here have no coverage
12.7% of Matanuska-Susitna Borough's 99,545 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 12,635 people. That is close to the Alaska rate of 12.1%, and puts Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (575th).
How much the marketplace is used
4,553 Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 46 per thousand under-65 residents, 1677th of 1,817. That is under the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 869 of them — 19% — were new rather than renewing.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough against Alaska
Matanuska-Susitna Borough is the 2nd largest of the 3 Alaska counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 0.6 points higher 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.
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Alaska | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 12.7% | 12.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 2 | 2–2 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 15 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 46 | 46 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 19% | 18% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula County (Montana) | 99,693 | 9.2% | 3 | 39 |
| Rapides Parish (Louisiana) | 99,930 | 9.3% | 3 | 28 |
| Dallas County (Iowa) | 100,226 | 4.1% | 3 | 42 |
| Allegan County (Michigan) | 98,623 | 6.4% | 5 | 59 |
Allegan County has 5 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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