Rural New Yorkers could see biggest insurance hikes
By Dan Goldberg and Brendan Cheney
The New York State residents who live farthest from New York City and its suburbs and purchased health insurance from the individual exchange are likely to see some of the biggest premium increases, because they have the fewest options for shopping around.
The map above breaks down how each of the 16 insurance plans on New York's exchange performed in all 62 counties across the state through the end of the open enrollment period last April. If you scroll over the map, you will see the number of customers each provider signed up.
What you can see from this chart is that roughly two-thirds of the 370,000 people who enrolled in a qualified health plan came from New York City, Long Island and Westchester, meaning insurance companies that could not compete in those counties were left with few customers across the rest of the state.
That highlights a problem tens of thousands of New Yorkers are facing heading into the second year of enrollment.
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