Arkansas Online
By: Andy Davis
In response to President Donald Trump’s decision to end a subsidy for health insurance companies, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr on Friday approved double-digit rate increases for the plans that will be offered on the state’s insurance exchange next year.
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In light of the potential increase in the cost of Arkansas Works, “I just have huge questions about the future of the program,” said Marquita Little, director of health care policy for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.
Little said the changes, combined with reduced federal spending on consumer outreach, are likely to create confusion during the open enrollment period that runs from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15.
“It’s doing the very thing we feared — creating instability in the marketplace and confusion and chaos,” Little said.
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