# Atlas Commons research objects — ACA marketplace coverage for Delaware (2026) — context brief Delaware'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: - **188 ACA medical marketplace plans are offered in Delaware 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 Delaware (2026): Silver 70, Gold 56, Expanded Bronze 48, Platinum 8** — 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 Delaware (2026): EPO 83, PPO 64, HMO 41** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **56 of 188 medical plans in Delaware are HSA-eligible (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **188 of 188 medical plans in Delaware require no specialist referral (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **23 standalone dental plans are offered in Delaware 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 Delaware for a 40-year-old (before tax credits): Silver median $762/mo** — DERIVED · CMS Marketplace Rate Public Use File (atlas-aggregated per tier) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files) - **What the Delaware 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 Delaware (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/de.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object **Delaware — every coverage indicator (typed)** (11): Medical plans offered — 188 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); Medical issuers — 3 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); HSA-eligible medical plans — 56 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026)… **Delaware — medical plans by CMS metal level (RECORDED)** (6): Silver — 70; Gold — 56; Expanded Bronze — 48… **Delaware — medical plans by CMS plan type (RECORDED)** (3): EPO — 83; PPO — 64; HMO — 41… **Delaware — medical plans by market coverage (RECORDED)** (1): Individual — 211… **Delaware — sticker ACA premiums by metal tier (40yo, pre-subsidy, DERIVED)** (5): Catastrophic — 1 — 468 — 468 — 468 — 468 — 468; Bronze — 13 — 582 — 576 — 618 — 542 — 652; Silver — 10 — 762 — 723 — 766 — 685 — 893… **Delaware — issuers present on the marketplace (RECORDED)** (5): Ambetter Health of Delaware; AmeriHealth Caritas Next; Delta Dental PPO…