SARAH KLIFF covers health policy for the Washington Post. Sarah joined the
Post in August 2011 from Politico, where she authored Politico Pulse, a daily
health policy tipsheet. Prior to Politico, Sarah was a staff writer at Newsweek
covering national politics. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic, the
BBC, Humanities Magazine and St. Louis Magazine. She is the recipient of
fellowships from the Kaiser Family Foundation and University of Southern
California Annenberg School of Journalism.
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We will feature of ten articles of Sarah on Health Care.
Obamacare could lower premiums in New York, new study
finds
There’s pretty widespread acknowledgement that, under Obamacare, many in the
individual market will see premiums go up. Health and Human Services Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius has acknowledged this, as have other
top
Democrats.
This is what happens when insurance plans are required to cover Americans
with potentially costly, pre-existing conditions: More sick people, who require
additional care, gain coverage. While some will see their premiums decrease
(older Americans, for example, due to limits on age rating), states are already
seeing significant premium increases.
That’s the case in most of the country — but not in New York State. There,
the state is actually expecting some big changes likely to lower health
premiums, according to a
new
analysis prepared for the New York Health Benefits Exchange.
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