Good News-Bad News in Covered California
First the good news, it appears that the Covered California marketplace is working. People are selecting lower cost options and forcing insurers to compete. Gabel et al. (2017) state that …the average purchased price for all plans was 11.6 percent less than the average offered price in 2014, 13.2 percent less in 2015, and 15.2 percent less in…