The 2019 Obamacare enrollment period begins today amidst a surprising bit of good news. For the first time since the exchanges opened in 2014, average premiums for benchmark silver plans are not going to increase. In fact, average benchmark premiums are slated to decrease by 1.5%.
Insurers aren’t just lowering premiums; they’re also increasing their participation in Obamacare exchanges across the country, an improvement from the insurer departures of years past. Across the country, people shopping on the individual market will get to choose from a wider variety of more affordable plans.
