These proposed increases are not for all health plans covered by the issuers in your description, which is misleading. Many of these are only for a small subset of plans offered by the issuer (e.g., HMO Silver). I would recommend that Laszewski analyze the proposed increases of other plans offered by these issuers to get a more accurate assessment of year-over-year rate increases.
Also, since these are proposed rate increases rather than actual increases, Laszewski should consider comparing these proposals to what issuers were asking for last year.
I’m curious about why Laszewski omitted such obvious controlling factors in his analysis.
These proposed increases are not for all health plans covered by the issuers in your description, which is misleading. Many of these are only for a small subset of plans offered by the issuer (e.g., HMO Silver). I would recommend that Laszewski analyze the proposed increases of other plans offered by these issuers to get a more accurate assessment of year-over-year rate increases.
Also, since these are proposed rate increases rather than actual increases, Laszewski should consider comparing these proposals to what issuers were asking for last year.
I’m curious about why Laszewski omitted such obvious controlling factors in his analysis.