| "The new rule will
allow groups of businesses to band together to buy insurance
across state lines, which will be bad for small firms and their
employees because it will lead to higher premiums, unbalanced
risk pools and lower-quality insurance." |
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| -John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority |
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Higher healthcare premiums in 2019 will be driven by several factors that payers say are beyond their control, including: Increases in medical trend and pharmacy costs; The elimination of the individual mandate penalty; The impact of new regulations that expand the availability of association plans and short-term plans. Excerpted from: HealthLeaders |
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Obamacare Faces New Life-Threatening Conditions CBSnews, June 20, 2018 Trump Administration Finalizes Rule to Expand Association Health Plan Access ModernHealthcare, June 19, 2018 Molina and Centene Announcements May Boost ACA Exchange System ThinkAdvisor, June 18, 2018 Tracking 2019 Premium Changes on ACA Exchanges KFF, June 15, 2018 Court: Federal Government Doesn’t Owe Insurers Obamacare Payments Politico, June 14, 2018 Trump administration's Latest attack on Obamacare Would Gut Protections CNN, June 8, 2018 Health Plans Blame Market Instability for 2019 Premium Hikes HealthLeaders, June 6, 2018 New York, Washington State Propose Double Digit Rate Hikes for ObamaCare The Hill, June 4, 2018 Why a Higher Uninsured Rate Means More Expensive Premiums Nashville Tennessean, June 4, 2018 States Defy Trump on ObamaCare The Hill, June 2, 2018 |
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State Efforts to Pass Individual Mandate Requirements Aim to
Stabilize Markets Commonwealth Fund, June 14, 2018 How the ACA Legal Challenge Could Hurt Insurers and the Insured Wharton School, U of Penn, June 19, 2018 |
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