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CMS Administrator on Helping states develop innovative alternatives to Obamacare

“No matter what you think about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — whether you supported President Obama’s signature health care law or opposed it — the facts show that individual health insurance markets across the country have been struggling.”

“Health insurance premiums have more than doubled in states using HealthCare.gov between 2013 and 2017. Many insurers have left the market, leaving too many people with just one insurer available to them, and insurer monopolies that are leading to higher prices. The best evidence of the unpopularity of these plans: exchange enrollment is more than 60 percent below expectations.”

“In short, Obamacare is not working out…” Read the full post here.

Source: Helping states develop innovative alternatives to Obamacare – By Seema Verma, January 17, 2019. Washington Times.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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