According to HHSs chart (which includes 47 states plus DC), Tennessee, which neither expanded Medicaid nor created its own exchange, has the 2nd lowest premiums in the nation for the lowest cost silver plan. There are also states that both expanded Medicaid and set up a state-run exchange that have higher premiums than Wisconsin. Connecticut is one of those states. Its premiums are 15 percent higher than Wisconsins according to the HHS data that Citizen Action used. Vermont and Washington are also higher. Looking to other parts of the country, some neighboring states have the opposite relationship that Wisconsin and Minnesota do. Oregon and Washington are neighbors. Both states expanded Medicaid and set up state run exchanges, but rates in Oregon are $100 a month cheaper than in Washington. Virginia and West Virginia did not set up their own exchanges, but West Virginia did expand Medicaid. Still, rates in Virginia are cheaper for the lowest cost silver and bronze plans. Nevada and Utah also share a border. Nevada expanded Medicaid and set up a state run exchange and Utah did neither. However, Utah has rates as much as $56 a month cheaper than in Nevada. According to an analysis by HCT rends, a health care research organization based in Milwaukee, there is no statistical difference in premiums between states that rejected the Medicaid expansion or created a state-run exchange and those that did not.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:07:57 +0000
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