Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a new 50-state analysis projecting the average increase in insurance premiums for a 40-year-old marketplace shopper for the 2019 plan year. The analysis accounts for both the impact of repealing the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate and the Trump administration’s proposed rule to rescind limits on the sale of short-term insurance plans.
The analysis finds that, next year, marketplace sabotage will increase benchmark plan premiums nationally by $1,013 on average.
“First they passed massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, and now they’re asking middle-class Americans and people with pre-existing conditions to pick up the tab,” said Topher Spiro, vice president for Health Policy at the Center for American Progress. “President Donald Trump and Congress’ sabotage of the insurance marketplaces will cause premiums to skyrocket more than $1,000 next year. They should be focused on lowering health care costs, not increasing them and intentionally undermining the stability of the insurance marketplaces that millions of Americans benefit from.”
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