An email came today from the state people - here is the first paragraph:
We've updated 2018 plans and costs
We are notifying you that we updated 2018 plans and costs today, October 26. If you browsed plans this month, you should come back to see the updated rates and get a new estimate of your 2018 financial help.
Can anyone top these rates?
All prices listed for two people, 63 and 61, without subsidy, and way more expensive than last year. Last year was way more expensive than the year before.
Keep in mind this is the Carefirst PPO plan (most expensive and broad national coverage for if you travel a lot). But, wow...
For 2018-
Bronze is $2704.45 per month = 32,453.40 yr. Deductible and Max OOP are the same: $6,550/$13,100 for in network.
Gold is $3429.14 per month = 41,149.68 yr. Deductible is $1,000/$2,000 and Max OOP is $6,500/$13,000 for in network.
Silver went up beyond the price of Gold to $3556.71 per month = 42,680.52 yr. Deductible is $3,500/$7,000 and Max OOP is $7,350/$14,700 for in network.
I still think there are a couple of goofs on the state website for Gold and Silver where it lists individual OOP maxiumums for out of network as "less" than in network - since out of network has traditionally always been higher.
One can find some less expensive plans with high deductibles - i.e., Kaiser Permanente. Cigna is gone from this market for 2018.
From the article linked on another thread about Maryland approving hikes on Wednesday:
CareFirst's PPO plan up 76 percent.
CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield HMO plan up 58.2 percent.
Kaiser Permanente up 43.4 percent.
That's why the website changed yesterday.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/...-Higher-Health-Insurance-Rates-453271593.html