Competition dropped in health insurance markets across half of states in 2017, leaving most markets highly concentrated, according to an American Medical Association study.
Researchers looked at 2017 commercial enrollment data from HMOs, PPOs, point-of-service plans, consumer-driven health plans and public health exchanges. They found 73 percent of health insurance markets across all types of insurance studied were considered highly concentrated in 2017.
Here are the 10 states with the least competitive commercial health insurance markets, according to the AMA:
- Alabama
- Hawaii
- Louisiana
- Delaware
- South Carolina
- Michigan
- Alaska
- Kentucky
- Vermont
- North Carolina
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