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Four Steps That Could Cut Health Insurance Premiums And Boost Enrollment

For now, the Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land. A consulting firm lays out four steps it says would lead to insurance coverage for millions more, at a lower cost.

Congress and the Trump administration could boost insurance coverage by a couple of million people and lower premiums by taking a few actions to stabilize the Affordable Care Act insurance markets, according to a new analysis by the consulting firm Oliver Wyman.

The paper, which lays out a simple blueprint for making insurance more affordable for more people while working within the current health law's begins on ways to stabilize markets in the short term.

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