Amid Obamacare's Uncertainty, States Extend Deadlines to File 2018 Premium Rates

With time running out to set insurance prices and still no sign of whether the Trump administration will continue funding cost-sharing subsidies for low-income Americans, several states are giving health insurers a little more wiggle room to file 2018 rates.

 

State insurance regulators hope an extra few weeks to price plans will be enough to ease the insurance industry's jitters created by efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and keep insurers from bailing on the exchanges. 

 

Colorado, New Hampshire, Oregon and Kentucky have extended deadlines for insurers to submit rates for 2018 Affordable Care Act health plans.