Feds Offer Advice to States on Providing Cheaper Off-Market Health Plans

Feds Offer Advice to States on Providing Cheaper Off-Market Health Plans
A woman reads the HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace website in Washington, on Dec. 2, 2013. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images
Holly Kellum
Holly Kellum
Washington Correspondent
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is advising states on how to provide more affordable health care options for people who don’t qualify for government aid.

The advice deals with a lack of federal funding for silver-level plans sold on the exchanges that likely has contributed to an increase in premiums for all plans.