A Manhattan Institute study suggests that average to younger-than-average men will face underlying rate hikes of 97 to 99 percent, with women facing increases of 55 to 62 percent.
A new study from the American Action Forum that looks at healthy 30-year-old men finds that underlying premiums for those individuals will increase by an average of 260 percent.
The AAF study compared the least-expensive plans available today to the cheapest plans on the Obamacare exchanges, as did the Manhattan Institute study.
The MI analysis, by contrast, adjusted those pre-ACA rates to take into account sicker individuals.
In a sense, the AAF study is more relevant to the problem at hand.
Obamacare makes healthy people pay more for insurance in order to subsidize sicker people.
It makes younger people pay more to subsidize older people.
It makes men pay more to subsidize women.
It makes everyone pay more to cover benefits, taxes, and fees that consumers might not ordinarily want.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/10/03/enrollment-in-obamacares-federal-exchange-so-far-is-in-the-single-digits/
