Getting into the weeds: the factors that contributed to health exchange premium hikes
Getting into the weeds: the factors that contributed to health exchange premium hikes
The big news in healthcare today is about Obamacare. The federal government says premiums for 2017 for some of the more popular plans in the program will go up an average of 25 percent. The healthcare exchange is having a rough time of it — insurance companies keep pulling out, and healthy young people the system needs aren’t opting in quickly enough. Here’s a look at how we got here, and what it might take to move forward.
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