President Obama and other supporters of the Affordable Care Act are trying to push back on headlines that have been raising alarms about sharp premium increases coming for ACA marketplace plans.
The president has pointed out that the great majority of marketplace customers, who are already eligible for subsidies to cover the cost of their plans, will be insulated from the effect of premium increases.
As previous analyses have highlighted, only about 1.5 million of marketplace customers do not qualify for any type of subsidy. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, for instance, a 40-year-old making $30,000 a year will pay roughly the same price for the second-cheapest silver plan in all but two states.
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