Neither side thought it would happen after a year of turbulenceand uncertainty under the Trump administration’s efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act. But insurers are actually anticipating a relativelypopular year, even if they stuck to the ACA’s exchanges instead ofbailing out.
A report in The Hill says that analysts and experts point tohigher-than-expected enrollment, among otherfactors, as drivers of what could turn out to be a decent year forinsurance companies.
Katherine Hempstead, who directs the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation’s work on health insurance coverage, says, “I think thefact that enrollment is better than expected is good for insurersthat really concentrate on the subsidized population.”
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