Some critics worry the proposal could make worse a situation that they believe threatens to make affordable health care access less attainable. Jacob has endured numerous surgeries and procedures over his relatively short lifetime, his father said, and none of them would have been possible without affordable health care coverage. The Hansens were among the scores of people who participated in a march and rally Saturday in downtown Salt Lake City in support of protecting access to affordable and quality health care. SALT LAKE CITY — For Mark Hansen, the uncertainty surrounding the national health care debate is very concerning. Health care is not a partisan issue, and yet it's become one somehow."
Insurance rate hikes loom in California, spurred by feds' health care uncertainty
That's because as premiums rise to make up for the loss of the cost-sharing subsidies, federal tax credits would grow to offset those higher premiums. These reduced rates are only available to Covered California enrollees who choose silver-level plans, the second-least expensive among the exchange's four tiers. The subsidies are separate from the federal health law's tax credits, which reduce monthly premiums for qualified consumers. Last week, Covered California instructed participating insurers to submit alternative premium hike proposals for 2018 in the event they lose the federal payments. The agency told them to apply the hikes only to silver-tier plans, since the cost-sharing subsidies are available only to people who buy those plans.
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