Health insurance in Broward County, Florida
13 insurers sell 197 marketplace plans here, and 13.8% 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.
13 insurers competing here
13 insurers sell in Broward County — 197 plans in total, around 15 each. Few people compare 197 plans properly without help. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
How many people here have no coverage
13.8% of Broward County's 1,629,773 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 224,903 people. That is close to the Florida rate of 13.7%, and puts Broward County in the top quarter of the 1,817 counties on this site (444th).
Some of those 224,903 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
544,502 Broward County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 334 per thousand under-65 residents, 17th of 1,817. That is 4.3× the 78 per thousand typical here. 93,725 of them — 17% — were new rather than renewing.
Broward County against Florida
Broward County is the 2nd largest of the 32 Florida counties we publish. Its uninsured rate tracks the state almost exactly and with 13 insurers it is as well served as anywhere in Florida. Marketplace use is about 1.3 times the Florida rate.
| Broward County | Florida | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 13.8% | 13.7% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 13 | 1–13 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 197 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 334 | 254 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 17% | 16% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough County | 1,308,341 | 13.1% | 9 | 173 |
| Orange County | 1,281,296 | 13.5% | 12 | 208 |
| Palm Beach County | 1,157,259 | 16.5% | 12 | 195 |
| Miami-Dade County | 2,290,660 | 15.3% | 12 | 189 |
All of them have fewer insurers than this county's 13, which makes it the stronger market locally.
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