A health insurance provider will stop offering individual and family coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace in 11 Wisconsin counties next year, meaning about 24,000 people will have to find a new insurer.
Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative plans to stop offering marketplace plans in Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine, Outagamie, Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Calumet, Dodge, Waushara and Waupaca counties beginning in January.
A spokesperson for CareSource, the parent company of Common Ground, said in a statement that it had made “the difficult decision to exit 11 counties.” The spokesperson said about 24,000 affected members will continue to receive coverage through 2025 but will have to look for a new health plan when open enrollment begins November 1.
Common Ground will continue to offer coverage in 13 Wisconsin counties: Brown, Door, Green Lake, Jefferson, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Ozaukee, Shawano, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha.
Common Ground has been offering ACA marketplace coverage in eastern Wisconsin since 2014. On its website, Common Ground said the decision to discontinue coverage in parts of the state was not related to its recent merger with CareSource.