Though insurers have not yet unveiled premium rates for the 2018ACA exchange, analysts trying to make sense of the latest health care changes predict increases inpremiums could have moderate- and low-income consumers actuallycoming out ahead, according to the Associated Press.
It seems counterintuitive, but Obamacare is a complicatedbalancing act, and removing a weight in one area is going totrigger a counter-balance in others. In this case, of the fourtiers of plans offered on the ACA market — platinum, gold, silverand bronze — the silver-level plans are the only tier that benefitsfrom cost-sharing reduction subsidies, but the adjustments builtinto the Obamacare model could lead all levels to benefit.
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Emily Payne
Emily Payne is director, content analytics for ALM's Business & Finance Markets and former managing editor for BenefitsPRO. A Wisconsin native, she has spent the past decade writing and editing for various athletic and fitness publications. She holds an English degree and Business certificate from the University of Wisconsin.
