{"id":3290,"date":"2019-10-18T15:14:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.idahoinsuranceagency.com\/?p=3290"},"modified":"2023-07-20T18:14:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:14:35","slug":"insurers-actuaries-here-come-the-higher-premiums-for-the-aca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idahoinsuranceagency.com\/insurers-actuaries-here-come-the-higher-premiums-for-the-aca\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurers\u2019 Actuaries: Here Come the Higher Premiums for the ACA"},"content":{"rendered":"
Actuaries typically get little attention.<\/p>\n
But as they crunch the numbers for their employers regarding the Affordable Care Act, their calculations are feeding a roaring national debate over insurance premiums.<\/p>\n
Insurance premiums are widely considered as a gauge of the success of President Obama\u2019s health care law.<\/p>\n
Insurers in most states have submitted their rates for 2017, and many of them are seeking double-digit increases. State officials are still considering the requests, but the Obama Administration says those rates are often reduced significantly, and ACA subsidies will help to keep them low.<\/p>\n
For example, the Geisinger Health Plan requested a 40% rate increase. Geisinger’s chief actuary, Kurt J. Wrobel, says the rates are influenced by new federal rules, recent losses and an ever-changing marketplace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Actuaries typically get little attention. But as they crunch the numbers for their employers regarding the Affordable Care Act, their calculations are feeding a roaring national debate over insurance premiums. Insurance premiums are widely considered as a gauge of the success of President Obama\u2019s health care law. Insurers in most states have submitted their rates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n