Mainers will see modest increases in ACA health insurance premiums next year
Source: Portland Press Herald
Most Mainers buying Affordable Care Act insurance will see modest increases in their premiums for 2016, below the national average and much lower than the double-digit increases projected in some cities by a recent study of initial rate filings.
About 80 percent of the 75,000 Mainers purchasing ACA marketplace insurance have a plan through Lewiston-based Community Health Options – formerly Maine Community Health Options. The ACA marketplace, operated on the Web as healthcare.gov, is where those without insurance – often part-time or self-employed workers – can obtain subsidized benefits.
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The average increase for a Community Health Options plan for 2016 is 0.5 percent, compared with a 0.8 percent decrease in rates in 2015, according to preliminary rate filings at the Maine Bureau of Insurance.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield patients will see an average increase of 5.7 percent in 2016, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care customers will experience an average decrease of 4.8 percent. Among the 20 percent of Mainers who don’t have insurance with Community Health Options, most have Anthem plans.
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