Here are four takeaways:
1. In a statement, BCBS said although the company is aware the increase is high, it was necessary as the payer believes cost-sharing subsidies will not be available in 2018.
2. If the government offered 100 percent certainty the subsidies would continue, their proposed increase would have totaled 8.8 percent.
3. The payer is unsure if it will offer plans on the ACA exchanges in 2018.
4. The Hill reports many payers that submitted rate proposals assume those payments will stay in tact next year, but have said they could increase their proposals by 15 to 20 percent without the payments.
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