Examining the ACA Marketplace “Excess” User Fees and $500 Refund Checks

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View in browser The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. NEW & NOTEWORTHY KFF Examines ACA Marketplace “Excess” User Fees Behind $500 Checks to Some Enrollees A new KFF analysis examines the $500 checks that the Trump administration is sending to some Affordable Care Act Marketplace enrollees and the user fees that are paying for them. The checks are going to about 1 million enrollees in the 30 states that rely on the federal HealthCare.gov Marketplace who are not receiving any tax credits this year – a small share of the 19.2 million people who were enrolled nationally as of February. The checks are likely smaller than the premium increases most of these enrollees faced this year due to rising premiums and the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits and are also smaller than the average premium increases expected in 2027.  The checks refund “excess” user fees – a surcharge on insurers’ premiums to cover HealthCare.gov costs related to eligibility checks, outreach, and IT support. While the Trump administration attributes the surplus to overcharges during former President Biden’s tenure, the analysis shows that the Biden administration inherited a large surplus from the first Trump administration and spent a significant portion of it on consumer information and outreach efforts. Read the analysis Contact: Tammie Smith | 202.654.1410 | TammieS@kff.org  When citing our work, please note our legal name is KFF. We should be cited as KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling, and news organization. Our name is no longer the Kaiser Family Foundation.  Did someone forward this to you? Sign up for emails from KFF. This email was sent to albarkahslamet.ssss@blogger.com. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Or, permanently unsubscribe from all future emails. Need assistance? Email subscriptions@kff.org; do not reply to this email. The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. KFF, 185 Berry Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94107