Rural Shoppers Face Slim Choices, Steep Premiums On Exchanges

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)

People living in sparsely populated areas who shopped for coverage on the state health insurance marketplaces in 2017 frequently had just one or two insurers from which to pick and often faced significantly higher premiums than did people in more urban areas, according to a new study. Continue reading article here…

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