Health insurance in Marion County, Florida
8 insurers sell 173 marketplace plans here, and 15.2% 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 Marion County — 173 plans in total, around 22 each. Few people compare 173 plans properly without help. Each insurer averages about 22 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.
One in six has no coverage
15.2% of Marion County's 296,206 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 44,952 people. That is above the Florida rate of 13.7%, and puts Marion County in the top quarter of the 1,817 counties on this site (334th).
Some of those 44,952 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
61,819 Marion County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 209 per thousand under-65 residents, 99th of 1,817. That is 2.7× the 78 per thousand typical here. 12,248 — 20% — were new rather than renewing, an unusually high share.
Marion County against Florida
Marion County is the 17th largest of the 32 Florida counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 1.5 points higher than Florida overall and its 8 insurers sit between the state's 1 and 13. Marketplace use is close to the Florida rate.
| Marion County | Florida | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 15.2% | 13.7% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 8 | 1–13 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 173 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 209 | 254 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 20% | 16% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota County | 294,512 | 13.1% | 5 | 119 |
| St. Lucie County | 288,811 | 14.0% | 7 | 115 |
| Collier County | 271,426 | 16.4% | 7 | 131 |
| Manatee County | 323,277 | 15.1% | 6 | 136 |
All of them have fewer insurers than this county's 8, which makes it the stronger market locally.
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