Healthcare DIVE October 22, 2019
Samantha Liss

Dive Brief:

  • On average, premiums for the benchmark Affordable Care Act exchange plans are decreasing by 4% for 2020 coverage for a 27-year-old, administration health officials said Tuesday ahead of the upcoming open enrollment.
  • More issuers are offering plans for next year. There will be 175 issuers selling plans during open enrollment, 20 more than last year, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Monday on a call with reporters.
  • Only two states will be left with one issuer, a decrease from last year.

Dive Insight:

Despite the average decline in premiums for a certain subset of plans, health officials said the prices were still out of reach for many.

To illustrate her point, CMS Administrator Seema Verma pointed to...

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