This year’s lowest cost silver plans offered through healthcare.gov will, with respect to nearly 75 percent of them, not be the lowest cost plans offered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2016.

Consumers who choose to stick with one of those plans should expect to see their premiums rise by an average of 15 percent.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.