CBO: Halting CSRs May Nudge Enrollment, But At $194B, 10-Year Cost

If insurers know with certainty by Aug. 31 that the Trump administration will cut off cost-sharing reduction payments in 2018, the insured rate would take a hit at first but then stabilize and even increase starting in 2020 as most people would pay the same or less in premiums. This is because the government would be forced to give out higher premium tax credits at a $194 billion hit to the deficit, the Congressional Budget Office concludes in a new...