ICHRAs are the hottest topic in employer-sponsored healthcare. We at Vericred are tracking a number of plan attributes that could accelerate or retard this shift from small group coverage to the individual market. Here, we look at one of them: premium changes between 2020 and 2021.
In 2021, there are five new states (Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Washington) where individual plan premiums are equal to or less expensive than small group premiums. Interestingly, increased competition was not the driver of these lower individual premiums: only one of the states, Maryland, welcomed a new carrier to its individual market.
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