Health insurance in Brevard County, Florida
8 insurers sell 152 marketplace plans here, and 12.2% 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.
8 insurers competing here
8 insurers sell in Brevard County — 152 plans in total, around 19 each. Few people compare 152 plans properly without help. Each insurer averages about 19 plans, so most of the choice here is between products from the same company rather than between companies. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
How many people here have no coverage
12.2% of Brevard County's 491,895 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 59,773 people. That is close to the Florida rate of 13.7%, and puts Brevard County in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (655th).
Some of those 59,773 are in the Florida coverage gap: under $15,960 a year, too little for a subsidy and no expanded Medicaid to fall back on.
The marketplace is used heavily here
75,807 Brevard County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 154 per thousand under-65 residents, 319th of 1,817. That is 2.0× the 78 per thousand typical here. 12,820 of them — 17% — were new rather than renewing.
Brevard County against Florida
Brevard County is the 11th largest of the 32 Florida counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 1.5 points lower than Florida overall and its 8 insurers sit between the state's 1 and 13. Marketplace use is well under the Florida rate.
| Brevard County | Florida | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 12.2% | 13.7% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 8 | 1–13 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 152 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 154 | 254 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 17% | 16% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasco County | 513,364 | 11.6% | 9 | 173 |
| Volusia County | 433,840 | 13.0% | 8 | 154 |
| Seminole County | 409,329 | 11.3% | 12 | 215 |
| Osceola County | 397,895 | 14.1% | 11 | 192 |
Seminole County has 12 insurers against this county's 8 — a reminder that the county line, not the state line, is what decides your options.
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