Before Expanded Subsidies, ACA Exchange Plans Became Less and Less Affordable for the Middle Class

  • Dec 03, 2021

    Half of families with incomes between 401% and 600% of the federal poverty level (FPL) would have paid at least 7.7% of their income for the lowest-cost bronze family plan in the Affordable Care Act exchange market in 2015, while they would have paid at least 11.3% of their income in 2019, according to a Health Affairs study. The studied population included families of four with annual incomes of $106,000 to $159,000 in 2021, two-person families with incomes of $69,680 to $104,520, and single adults with incomes of $51,520 to $77,280.  Read more
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  • Jinghong Chen

    Jinghong has been producing infographics and data stories on employer-sponsored insurance, public health insurance programs and prescription drug coverage for AIS Health’s Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits since 2018. She also manages AIS Health’s annual executive compensation database for top insurers and Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates. Before joining AIS Health, she interned at WBEZ, Al Jazeera English and The New York Times Chinese. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a focus on data journalism and international reporting.

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