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

Louisiana'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:

- **508 ACA medical marketplace plans are offered in Louisiana 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 Louisiana (2026): Silver 252, Gold 116, Expanded Bronze 108, Bronze 32** — 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 Louisiana (2026): POS 208, EPO 143, HMO 116, PPO 41** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **143 of 508 medical plans in Louisiana are HSA-eligible (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **508 of 508 medical plans in Louisiana require no specialist referral (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **42 standalone dental plans are offered in Louisiana 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 Louisiana for a 40-year-old (before tax credits): Silver median $771/mo** — DERIVED · CMS Marketplace Rate Public Use File (atlas-aggregated per tier) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **What the Louisiana 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 Louisiana (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/la.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Louisiana — every coverage indicator (typed)** (11): Medical plans offered — 508 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); Medical issuers — 6 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); HSA-eligible medical plans — 143 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026)…
**Louisiana — medical plans by CMS metal level (RECORDED)** (4): Silver — 252; Gold — 116; Expanded Bronze — 108…
**Louisiana — medical plans by CMS plan type (RECORDED)** (4): POS — 208; EPO — 143; HMO — 116…
**Louisiana — medical plans by market coverage (RECORDED)** (2): Individual — 547; SHOP (Small Group) — 3…
**Louisiana — sticker ACA premiums by metal tier (40yo, pre-subsidy, DERIVED)** (3): Bronze — 131 — 538 — 490 — 631 — 402 — 820; Silver — 121 — 771 — 673 — 874 — 542 — 1101; Gold — 110 — 785 — 714 — 859 — 605 — 1103…
**Louisiana — issuers present on the marketplace (RECORDED)** (12): Ambetter from Louisiana Healthcare Connections; AmeriHealth Caritas Next; BEST Life…