2nd Arizona insurer also asking for small 2018 rate boost
The filings by
Health Net offers individual policies in the state's two largest counties that cover about two-thirds of the 140,000 people with marketplace policies statewide.
This year's increases for both insurers topped 50 percent. A
The relatively small increases and market stability undercut some of Gov.
Ducey spokesman
"This year, most Arizonans had only a single provider to choose from in the federal marketplace while facing premium increases on average of 50 percent," he said in a statement. "The governor believes a healthy individual marketplace should provide choice, competition, and lower premiums for consumers."
"I think a more complete context is that the individual or non-group marketplace has been unstable and volatile for the last 10 years, certainly preceding the ACA," Derksen said.
The law requires insurers to lower copays and deductibles for that group, but President
If
Health Net spokeswoman
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