TY - JOUR
T1 - Tobacco surcharges on 2015 health insurance plans sold in federally facilitated marketplaces
T2 - Variations by age and geography and implications for health equity
AU - Liber, Alex C.
AU - Drope, Jeffrey M.
AU - Graetz, Ilana
AU - Waters, Teresa M.
AU - Kaplan, Cameron M.
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - In 2014, few health insurance plans sold in the AffordableCareAct'sFederally Facilitated Marketplaces had age-dependent tobacco surcharges, possibly because of a system glitch. The 2015 tobacco surcharges show wide variation, with more plansimplementingtobacco surcharges that increase with age. This underscores concerns that older tobacco users will find postsubsidy health insurance premiums difficult to afford. Future monitoring of enrollment will determine whether tobacco surcharges cause adverse selection by dissuading tobacco users, particularly older users, from buying health insurance.
AB - In 2014, few health insurance plans sold in the AffordableCareAct'sFederally Facilitated Marketplaces had age-dependent tobacco surcharges, possibly because of a system glitch. The 2015 tobacco surcharges show wide variation, with more plansimplementingtobacco surcharges that increase with age. This underscores concerns that older tobacco users will find postsubsidy health insurance premiums difficult to afford. Future monitoring of enrollment will determine whether tobacco surcharges cause adverse selection by dissuading tobacco users, particularly older users, from buying health insurance.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302694
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302694
M3 - Article
C2 - 26447913
AN - SCOPUS:84946762477
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 105
SP - S696-S698
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
ER -
