Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The cost of compliance

First off, I realize that anecdote ≠ evidence, but this seems like a really simple, effective and meaningful way to describe the impact of full ACA-compliance on small group plans:

Both Employers A and B are insured with the same carrier, are about the same size and with similar plan designs, and boast a January 1 renewal date. Employer A's plan is Grandmothered (doesn't fully comply with all ObamaCare requirements), Employer B's is not.

Yesterday, I received both renewals.

Company A's premium actually decreased (by pennies, but still...). I haven't seen that for many, many years.

Company B's premium increased by about 17%. Now, I've seen worse, but it's not as if they can now just go out and raise their service rates by almost 20% to cover that difference. And that 17% is, basically, the cost of ACA compliance.

The more you know...
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