Five health insurance companies offering plans on Maryland’s ACA marketplace are proposing significant increases to premiums next year.
The companies say the premiums are due to the potential loss of the federal premium tax credit in the Republican budget.
Federal and state lawmakers are looking for ways to alleviate that burden if the credit disappears. However, the companies, which include CareFirst, Kaiser Permanente, UnitedHealthCare and Wellpoint Maryland, have been mostly mum on their role in keeping down costs in the face of dramatic change.
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