A new analysis from consultant Oliver Wyman says that if Congress and the administration take just four steps, they could not only substantially boost health care enrollment, but also cut premiums — all without changing the Affordable Care Act.

NPR reports that the four steps would stabilize the insurance markets and increase enrollment by approximately two million people, all while cutting premiums by more than 20 percent and remaining revenue neutral.

The release of the paper comes only a few days prior to planned hearings by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on how to stabilize markets in the short term.

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