Colorado is changing the way it will calculate 2019 Obamacare premiums as a result of the federal government not funding out-of-pocket payments for low-income people.
But many other states are still sitting on the sidelines rather than change the way they cover Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reductions (CSRs)—government payments to insurers to help people pay out-of-pocket costs. Congress didn’t include funding for the CSRs or other market stabilization provisions in the spending bill signed into law March 23.
President Donald Trump stopped federal funding of the CSRs in October 2017 because Congress hasn’t appropriated the funding, leaving health insurers on ...