Reports Find Risk Of Non-ACA-Compliant Plans To Be Higher Than Federal Estimates

Healthcare DIVE March 4, 2018
Katie Keith

Three new reports—by the Urban Institute, Avalere, and Oliver Wyman—provide additional data on the impact of two recent proposed rules to expand access to short-term, limited-duration insurance and association health plans (AHPs). These rules were issued in response to an executive order from President Trump to expand access to these and other alternatives to coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The studies suggest that the proposed rules—combined with the repeal of the individual mandate penalty and other federal policy changes—will lead to higher premiums in ACA markets, a higher number of uninsured people, a higher number of people without minimum essential coverage, and higher federal spending. These analyses run counter to much of the data and projections included in...

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