As the ACA market shifts,brokers in some states have moved significant numbers of individualclients into ACA-compliant small group coverage, when possible.(Photo: Getty)

Brokers offer their perspective on the impact of the latestAffordable Care Act policy changes in the report, “Views From the Market — Insurance Brokers'Perspectives on Changes to Individual Health Insurance,” postedon the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation blog by Georgetown Universityresearchers.

Consumers buying plans on ACA exchanges had already been facedwith increasingly limited plan choices, relatively narrow providernetworks and rising unsubsidized premiums, but in the past year,policy decisions made by Congress and the Trump administration have“exacerbated trends,” according to the researchers.

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.