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Cost Sharing Reduction subsidies
Applying for ACA coverage? Know the ropes (between income levels).
November 28, 2022 – Understanding how small differences in projected income can have a large impact on your health plan costs can be key to obtaining…
A post-ACA subsidy that already exists
December 23, 2016 – Is deductibility of health premiums a promising 'repeal' component? See how it works for over 4 million who already take the…
Minnesota considers a ‘public option on steroids’
April 21, 2016 – If MinnesotaCare really is offered at a Silver-range price to all comers, its effective discount would be so huge that it's hard to…
Americans know how to shop (even for insurance)
February 27, 2015 – Evidence from the 2014-2015 open enrollment period provides evidence that most buyers are making rational decisions and finding coverage…
For many ACA beneficiaries: ‘Ivy League’ benefits?
January 6, 2015 – Contributor Andrew Sprung isn't buying a New York Times article by Robert Pear that describes faculty health coverage at Harvard as 'far…
Santa, we need CSR subsidies for Bronze plans
December 21, 2014 – For low-income people Bronze plans are very rarely appropriate because the out-of-pocket costs are likely to be so high. Cost-sharing…
Santa, please deliver relief from high deductibles
December 19, 2014 – What I'd like from Santa is for him to bring the American people some relief from the high deductibles that so many of us are having to…
Your employer is dropping health coverage. Yay?
December 19, 2014 – If your employer drops your company-sponsored health insurance and sends you to the exchanges for coverage, everybody could…
The Affordable Care Act’s ‘stealth subsidy’
December 3, 2014 – The Chicago Tribune devoted a whole feature to the plight of low-income buyers of high-deductible Bronze plans in Illinois without once…