ACA landscape update

The New York Times published an interesting piece that surveyed how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is doing across the country. Interesting highlights include many states anticipating modest increases in ACA premiums (although Maryland appears to expect premiums to rise by over 30%) and that some insurance companies plan to sell insurance in more counties and states (rather than a contraction of offerings predicted by others)

The current White House administration and the current majority party in Congress have been undermining ACA (e.g. denying government funds for ACA risk transfer payments and trying to eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions). The article points out, though, that insurers are generally confident enough about their markets to not withdraw from them.