Health insurance in Sedgwick County, Kansas
2 insurers sell 25 marketplace plans here, and 12.1% 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 25 plans between them. If either leaves, Sedgwick County becomes a single-insurer county. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
How many people here have no coverage
12.1% of Sedgwick County's 441,332 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 53,349 people. That is above the Kansas rate of 10.1%, and puts Sedgwick County in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (671st).
Some of those 53,349 are in the Kansas coverage gap: under $15,960 a year, too little for a subsidy and no expanded Medicaid to fall back on.
How much the marketplace is used
40,425 Sedgwick County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 92 per thousand under-65 residents, 895th of 1,817. That is above the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 4,613 of them — 11% — were new rather than renewing.
Sedgwick County against Kansas
Sedgwick County is the 2nd largest of the 4 Kansas counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 2.0 points higher than Kansas overall and its 2 insurers sit between the state's 1 and 5. Marketplace use is close to the Kansas rate.
| Sedgwick County | Kansas | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 12.1% | 10.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 2 | 1–5 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 25 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 92 | 81 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 11% | 14% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County | 532,660 | 6.3% | 5 | 55 |
| Wyandotte County | 142,064 | 16.0% | 5 | 55 |
| Shawnee County | 139,491 | 9.3% | 4 | 46 |
Johnson 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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