Merging Rural And Urban ACA Rating Areas Improved Choice, Premiums In Rural Texas

Simon F. Haeder; Elena Andreyeva; Daniel Marthey; Benjamin D. Ukert

doi:10.1377/HLTHAFF.2023.00444

Merging Rural And Urban ACA Rating Areas Improved Choice, Premiums In Rural Texas

Simon F. Haeder
, Elena Andreyeva
, Daniel Marthey
, Benjamin D. Ukert

School of Public Policy

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Abstract

Rural consumers often face a limited choice of carriers and plans and high premiums. To mitigate this issue, Texas recently adjusted its Affordable Care Act Marketplace rating areas to integrate rural areas into nearby urban markets for rating purposes. We found that rural consumers subsequently saw increases in carrier and plan choices, as well as decreases in overall plan premiums.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1527-1531
Number of pages	5
Journal	Health Affairs
Volume	42
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1377/HLTHAFF.2023.00444
State	Published - Nov 2023

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