The agencies said factors influencing the decrease include “less interest by consumers in enrolling” on the exchanges than anticipated and “less inclination by employers to cease offering coverage to their employees” due to products in the individual market.
The CBO and JCT also estimated premiums for plans sold on the individual marketplaces in 2018 will increase 15 percent compared to this year. CBO and JCT said the increase particularly reflects uncertainty regarding insurer subsidy payments and an uptick in the number of Americans living in an area with one on-exchange insurer.
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