Enhanced premium subsidies were first made available under the American Rescue Plan Act and extended until the end of 2025 under the Inflation Reduction Act. This analysis shows the impact that enhanced subsidies have had on enrollment and premium payments, and the potential implications if the enhanced subsidies expire.
Without the enhanced subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace enrollees in 12 of the states that use HealthCare.gov would see their annual premium payments at least double on average, according to a new KFF analysis. Enrollees in three states would see the steepest annual increases: Wyoming (195% or $1,872),…More
After taking a $1 billion slice in 2023, it’s notable that Berkshire Hathaway did not participate in Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s 2024 catastrophe reinsurance renewal, which was dominated by Bermuda-based and collateralised reinsurers. As we reported previously, Florida’s property insurer of last resort secured a cost-effective risk transfer program of approximately $3.564 billion at […]
Following today’s Microsoft Cloud outage, analysts currently expect business interruption claims to drive the bulk of insurance industry losses, and question whether this could be the litmus test for cyber underwriters, notably UK headquartered, specialist insurer Beazley. One of the largest-ever IT outages hit companies across the world today, causing significant disruption to airlines, hospitals, […]
Using health insurer financial data for 2023, we find that in 2023, per enrollee gross margins were highest in the Medicare Advantage market, and medical loss ratios were lowest in the individual insurance market. Across most markets, gross margins have been relatively stable in recent years.
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a longstanding legal precedent that required federal courts to defer to reasonable agency interpretation when statutes are ambiguous. The decision will shift many policy decisions from federal agencies to federal judges, with implications for health policy that will reverberate for years to come. This issue brief […]
