First look at APCM data: Growth, modest reach, physician turnover for Medicare’s primary care bundle
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Which states have the lowest and highest ACA premiums?
Author(s)Jeff Bendix, Logan Lutton
Here are the states with the lowest and highest monthly premiums.
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The average monthly premium for a benchmark “silver” ACA Marketplace plan in 2021 is $443, a 2.1% decrease from 2020 and the third consecutive year of declines. But the national average masks a wide variation between states, from $292 in Minnesota to $782 in Wyoming—a difference of 167%. Here are the states with the lowest and highest monthly premiums.*
*Sources: The Urban Institute and HealthCareInsider
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