# Atlas Commons research objects — ACA marketplace coverage for Kansas (2026) — context brief

Kansas'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:

- **311 ACA medical marketplace plans are offered in Kansas 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 Kansas (2026): Silver 133, Expanded Bronze 92, Gold 80, Bronze 4** — 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 Kansas (2026): EPO 311** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **101 of 311 medical plans in Kansas are HSA-eligible (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **311 of 311 medical plans in Kansas require no specialist referral (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **30 standalone dental plans are offered in Kansas 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 Kansas for a 40-year-old (before tax credits): Silver median $743/mo** — DERIVED · CMS Marketplace Rate Public Use File (atlas-aggregated per tier) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **What the Kansas 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 Kansas (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/ks.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Kansas — every coverage indicator (typed)** (11): Medical plans offered — 311 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); Medical issuers — 6 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); HSA-eligible medical plans — 101 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026)…
**Kansas — medical plans by CMS metal level (RECORDED)** (5): Silver — 133; Expanded Bronze — 92; Gold — 80…
**Kansas — medical plans by CMS plan type (RECORDED)** (1): EPO — 311…
**Kansas — medical plans by market coverage (RECORDED)** (1): Individual — 341…
**Kansas — sticker ACA premiums by metal tier (40yo, pre-subsidy, DERIVED)** (4): Catastrophic — 1 — 444 — 444 — 444 — 444 — 444; Bronze — 100 — 586 — 495 — 678 — 442 — 795; Silver — 74 — 743 — 697 — 846 — 565 — 979…
**Kansas — issuers present on the marketplace (RECORDED)** (11): Ambetter from Sunflower Health Plan; BEST Life; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City…