Healthcare DIVE September 10, 2018
Les Masterson

Dive Brief:

  • The average proposed or approved premium increase for Affordable Care Act plans for 2019 is 3.6%, according to a new analysis by the Associated Press and Avalere Health. That percentage covers 47 states and Washington, D.C., and is a far cry from the double-digit increases of prior years.

  • The researchers found that 11 states are expecting an average premium decrease with 41 states either increasing or decreasing rates by less than 10%.

  • In other ACA exchange news, eHealth released results from a survey of payers in the marketplace showing that 93% plan to expand or maintain their footprint, a percentage twice as high as the result from an earlier survey...

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