10 Regions of U.S. with Highest Health Insurance Premiums
By: Jordan Rau (Insurance Journal) February 2014
These are the 10 regions of the country with the highest premiums for people buying insurance on the health law’s new marketplaces. The ranking is based on the lowest price “silver” plan, which is the mid-level plan that the majority of consumers are selecting. The listed monthly premiums are for a 40-year-old person and are based on rates listed on the federal and state insurance marketplaces and data collected by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
These regions, created as part of the health law, range in size from a state to a single county. In each, the price of every policy has to be consistent across all counties, although the insurer does not have to offer each policy in every county. When the least expensive silver plan is not offered in a county, KHN notes the cheapest available silver plan there.
