More ACA Plans to Come With No Premiums in 2018

[mahatmakanejeeves]

It's probably worthy of LBN, but I can't link to much more than what's here. Also, it's nearly 12 hours old.

Talk about the law of unintended consequences --> Free Health Insurance to Reach More People in the U.S. in 2018

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More ACA Plans to Come With No Premiums in 2018

Trump indirectly bolstered the federal subsidies that help consumers with their insurance premiums

By Anna Wilde Mathews and Christopher Weaver

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Oct. 27, 2017 5:30 a.m. ET

Insurers selling Affordable Care Act plans have a compelling new pitch: free health insurance.

When sales of plans on the law’s exchanges begin Nov. 1, a growing number of consumers around the country will be able to get coverage for 2018 without paying any monthly premium, according to health insurers and an analysis of newly available federal data.

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[Not Ruth]

1. That is good, correct?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. It depends on what you get for your $0 premium. NT

[BigmanPigman]

3. I took notes so that when I call on Nov 1st

I will be organized since I expect the normally long wait times and complicated answers to a lot more worse this year. I read that in some states it will actually be less or the same amount for a silver and gold plan.

Gold has a lower deductible and has more benefits but you usually pay more for it. With subsidies being cut now the prices will be about the same for gold and silver.

[RussBLib]

4. What?

Counterintuitive, indeed.