Good news for healthcare premiums

Laura Pedulli | November 07, 2014 | Health Exec | Economics

A study from the Urban Institute finds that healthcare premiums throughout the U.S. will remain flat or drop during 2015, reports The Hill.

Only two out of 17 states surveyed will see premiums rise 5 percent or more, which marks the second consecutive year of modest increases, according to the article.

“I think it says a lot,” said John Holahan, a health policy fellow at the Urban Institute who co-authored the report. “I think it’s a good story, a good outcome, of at least one aspect of the Affordable Care Act. What it intended to do seems to be working.”

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