Think Progress
By: Amanda Michelle Gomez
The Trump administration is freezing a critical Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance payment program that discourages insurers from cherry picking healthier enrollees by compensating them for sicker ones. The move could rattle insurance companies at the very moment when they’re deciding whether to continue selling ACA plans and setting premiums for 2019.
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Georgetown health policy expert Edwin Park said should the risk adjustment program end, insurers over the long run “would be forced to sharply raise premiums or reconsider participation.”
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