Healthcare DIVE February 28, 2018
Les Masterson

Dive Brief:

  • Association health plans will cause higher premiums in the individual and small-group markets and boost the number of uninsured Americans, according to a new report Avalere prepared for America’s Health Insurance Plans.
  • Individuals and small businesses leaving those markets for AHPs will cause adverse selection, which will increase rates and could cause payers to leave those markets.
  • If the Department of Labor’s proposed regulation remains intact, Avalere estimates that between 2.4 million and 4.3 million people will enroll in AHPs by 2022. That includes between 700,000 and 1.2 million people from the individual market and between 1.7 million and 3.2 million from the small-group market.

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Public Exchange
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