Some major exchange insurers post lower star ratings

Newly published data from the federal government shows that some of the health insurers enrolling the most people in coverage on the Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges have quality ratings below the national average.

Most 2019 exchange plans, or about 64% of 195 plans listed in the CMS data, received an overall quality rating of four or five stars, with five being the highest rating, according to Modern Healthcare’s analysis of CMS data released last week. Another 26.2% of plans received a 3-star rating. The rest—about 10 health plans—received a 1- or 2-star rating.

Across all plans, the average rating was 3.8 stars.