It looks like an effort to hold down out-of-pocket costs for small-group exchange enrollees could backfire.

Critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act $2,000 cap on small-group exchange plan deductibles say enforcing the provision as written could wipe out the plans altogether.

Turmoil in the Small Business Health Options Program exchange plan market could have a direct effect on members of Congress and their staffers. PPACA requires them to get coverage through the public exchange.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.