Premium Tax Credits Are the Individual Market’s Stabilizing Force

The latest data suggest the individual insurance market is weathering attempts by the Trump administration and Congress over the last year to weaken it. These actions include the repeal of the tax penalty for going without insurance; ending payments owed to insurers for limiting low-income enrollees’ cost-sharing; promoting the sale of health plans designed to cherry-pick the healthiest and youngest enrollees; and ending most federal funding for efforts to inform Americans about their insurance options.

       

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