States Leverage Federal Funds To Help Insurers Lower Premiums
(World News USA)

When Tracy Deis decided in 2016 to transition from a full-time job to part-time contract work, the loss of her employer´s health insurance was not a major worry because she knew she could get coverage through the marketplace set up by the Affordable Care Act. But price was a big concern. `The ACA made it possible to make the switch in my life,` said Deis, 48, who lives in Minneapolis. But she quickly added, `I was really worried about the cost.` Her anxiety was understandable. In Minnesota, the average cost of insurance in the state-run exchange soared 57 percent in 2017, after a 40...