A well-known public exchange critic says some state exchanges look as if they could be much more sustainable than others.

Seth Chandler, a University of Houston law professor who's taught courses on insurance law, has analyzed the latest Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchange enrollment activity statistics in a commentary on his ACA Death Spiral blog.

Chandler started the blog in November, to explain why he thinks some PPACA provisions, such as the ban on medical underwriting in the individual major medical market, could lead to an implosion in the market sectors affected by PPACA.

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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.

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