Health Insurance Lobby Floats Short-Term Market Stabilization Plan, Long-Term Solutions

The health insurance lobby is urging Congress to quickly pass a short-term market stabilization plan that includes: $15 billion in annual funding, which insurers say could reduce premiums by 15 percent or more and simultaneously lower federal spending; a continuation of the ACA's cost-sharing reductions; an enhanced tax for younger adults; a repeal or suspension of the ACA's tax on health insurers; and incentives for continuous coverage. In a letter to Senate Finance Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT), America's Health Insurance...