HHS won't stop insurers from silver-loading next year

The practice of pushing price increases onto the silver-level plans in the ACA marketplaces was used by many states for 2018 policies.

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News | June 08, 2018 at 10:47 AM

steep rise in health premiums cancellation of a program “silver loading” Related: Judge green-lights insurers' class-action suit over CSRs hearing stay in the market told reporters in April Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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