# Atlas Commons research objects — ACA marketplace coverage for Alaska (2026) — context brief Alaska's ACA marketplace coverage from the CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF, with each figure's epistemic status labeled: every plan count — medical plans, standalone dental plans, and breakdowns by metal level, plan type, HSA-eligibility, and referral requirement — is a measured census of plans offered (counts of rows in the CMS file, all labeled RECORDED); the sticker premium landscape by metal tier (40yo, pre-subsidy) is a recorded set of published CMS Rate PUF rates, with the subsidy note labeled CONTEXT; the boundary note is context (labeled CONTEXT) — these count plans offered and their sticker price, not enrollment, the insured rate, or net cost after subsidies. Sources: CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF, CMS Marketplace Rate PUF. CC0. Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify: - **64 ACA medical marketplace plans are offered in Alaska for plan year 2026** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **Medical plan counts by CMS metal level in Alaska (2026): Silver 26, Expanded Bronze 21, Gold 17** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **Medical plan counts by CMS plan type in Alaska (2026): PPO 64** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **21 of 64 medical plans in Alaska are HSA-eligible (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **64 of 64 medical plans in Alaska require no specialist referral (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **34 standalone dental plans are offered in Alaska for plan year 2026** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **STICKER ACA premiums in Alaska for a 40-year-old (before tax credits): Silver median $1,039/mo** — DERIVED · CMS Marketplace Rate Public Use File (atlas-aggregated per tier) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **What the Alaska premiums mean — sticker, not your price** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS Rate PUF figures above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/) - **What these coverage figures are — and are NOT — for Alaska (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/) Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/states/ak.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object **Alaska — every coverage indicator (typed)** (11): Medical plans offered — 64 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); Medical issuers — 2 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); HSA-eligible medical plans — 21 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026)… **Alaska — medical plans by CMS metal level (RECORDED)** (3): Silver — 26; Expanded Bronze — 21; Gold — 17… **Alaska — medical plans by CMS plan type (RECORDED)** (1): PPO — 64… **Alaska — medical plans by market coverage (RECORDED)** (2): Individual — 82; SHOP (Small Group) — 16… **Alaska — sticker ACA premiums by metal tier (40yo, pre-subsidy, DERIVED)** (3): Bronze — 18 — 713 — 685 — 729 — 648 — 765; Silver — 12 — 1039 — 1021 — 1057 — 984 — 1097; Gold — 15 — 928 — 915 — 950 — 882 — 965… **Alaska — issuers present on the marketplace (RECORDED)** (4): BEST Life; Delta Dental of Alaska; Moda Health Plan, Inc.…