CMS Makes No Changes To Silver-Loading, Will Review Feedback

By Ariel Cohen / April 18, 2019 at 7:07 PM
The Trump administration’s final exchange rule out Thursday (April 18) made no changes to the silver-loading mechanism used to mitigate the loss of cost-sharing subsidies, and said it would consider comments received on the proposed rule for future policy-making. The agency had asked for feedback on ways to end silver-loading, which results in higher premium subsidies for consumers but also larger federal expenditures. The agency also reiterated its support for a legislation that would appropriate funding for the CSRs. “All...


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