The case for massively increasing ObamaCare subsidies

The existing subsidies are grossly inadequate

Health insurance prices are increasing and insurers may consider dropping ObamaCare.
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American health insurers are getting jittery about the future of ObamaCare.

Consider UnitedHealthcare, one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country, and a major provider of plans on ObamaCare's exchanges — the regulated and subsidized marketplaces the health reform law set up, on which people can shop for private individual plans if they're not covered by something like Medicaid, Medicare, or an employer-provided plan. Last week, UnitedHealthcare raised doubts about whether it would still be participating in the exchanges in the near future.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.