President Obama and other supporters of the Affordable Care Act are trying to push back onheadlines that have been raising alarms about sharp premiumincreases coming for ACA marketplace plans.
The president has pointed out that the great majority ofmarketplace customers, who are already eligible for subsidies tocover the cost of their plans, will be insulated from the effect ofpremium increases.
As previous analyses have highlighted, only about 1.5 million ofmarketplace customers do not qualify for any type of subsidy.According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, for instance, a40-year-old making $30,000 a year will pay roughly the same pricefor the second-cheapest silver plan in all but twostates.
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