Average Individual Health Insurance Premiums Increased 99% Since 2013, the Year Before Obamacare, & Family Premiums Increased 140%, According to eHealth.com Shopping Data
eHealth reports that average premiums for people not receiving
Obamacare subsidies were
eHealth’s analysis provides an aggregated, anonymized examination of
individual and family health insurance premiums and deductibles for
plans selected by eHealth shoppers not receiving government subsidies
under the ACA from
This is the latest installment in eHealth’s continuing
Prior years’ reports are available online:
- 2016 open enrollment period Price Index report
- 2015 open enrollment period Price Index report
- 2014 open enrollment period Price Index report
- 2013 Costs and Benefits Report (includes historic cost data to 2006)
- Previous Costs and Benefits Reports
Individual coverage highlights
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Average individual premium:
$393 per month for an individual not receiving subsidies in the first two months of the 2017 open enrollment period -
In 2013, the year before major Obamacare provisions came into effect,
the average individual premium was
$197 per month - Between 2013 and the first two months of the 2017 open enrollment period, average individual premiums have increased 99%
Family coverage highlights
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Average family premium:
$1,021 per month for a family not receiving subsidies in the first two months of the 2017 open enrollment period -
In 2013, the year before major Obamacare provisions came into effect,
the average family’s premium was
$426 per month - Between the end of 2013 and the first two months of the 2017 open enrollment period, average family premiums have increased 140%
Notes about historical data
Premium data for the 2014-2017 open enrollment periods reflect premiums for plans selected by eHealth customers not receiving government subsidies. Government subsidies were not available prior to 2014.
The health insurance plans available from eHealth or selected by eHealth shoppers each year are not the same from year to year. In addition, health insurance plans available before implementation of the Affordable Care Act often provided more limited benefits and coverage than plans available after implementation of Obamacare provisions. For example, such earlier plans did not have to meet Obamacare’s minimum essential benefit requirements and, in many cases, were not required to cover pre-existing medical conditions.
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Ten Years of Health Insurance Costs: |
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Average Costs from 2008 through the First Two Months of the 2017 Open Enrollment Period1 |
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| Average | Average | Average Family | Average Family | |||||||||
| Individual Health | Individual Health | Health Insurance | Health Insurance | |||||||||
| Insurance | Insurance | Premium | Deductible | |||||||||
| Premium | Deductible | |||||||||||
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First two months of 2017 open enrollment |
$393 | $4,328 | $1,021 | $8,352 | ||||||||
| 2016 open enrollment | $321 | $4,385 | $833 | $7,983 | ||||||||
| 2015 open enrollment | $286 | $4,120 | $727 | $7,760 | ||||||||
| 2014 open enrollment | $271 | $4,164 | $667 | $7,771 | ||||||||
| 2013 | $197 | $3,319 | $426 | $4,230 | ||||||||
| 2012 | $190 | $3,079 | $412 | $4,079 | ||||||||
| 2011 | $183 | $2,935 | $414 | $3,879 | ||||||||
| 2010 | $167 | $2,632 | $392 | $3,531 | ||||||||
| 2009 | $161 | $2,326 | $383 | $3,128 | ||||||||
| 2008 | $159 | $2,084 | $369 | $2,760 | ||||||||
- Average individual health insurance premiums increased 147% between 2008 and the first two months of the 2017 open enrollment period
- Average family health insurance premiums increased 177% between 2008 and the first two months of the 2017 open enrollment period
The benefits offered under individual and family health insurance plans prior to the 2014 plan year often differed significantly from the benefits available under plans for 2014-2017 due to regulations introduced by the Affordable Care Act which came into effect in 2014.
Additional information describing consumer shopping trends and
demographics during the first two months of the 2017 open enrollment
period was published by eHealth on
About the eHealth Price Index
eHealth is one of the few organizations with national source health insurance data that broadly reflects consumer buying patterns and purchase prices in the self-purchased individual and family health insurance market. eHealth’s Price Index reports provide insights into the large segment of the individual and family health insurance market which may not qualify for or elect to use government subsidies, and which may shop for coverage through sources other than government-run exchanges.
eHealth’s Price Index 2017 figures are based on thousands of health
insurance applications submitted by eHealth shoppers during the first
two months of the 2017 open enrollment period (
Information presented in eHealth’s report is based solely on rates quoted for health insurance applications selected by consumers through the company’s website in the specified time period. Figures have been rounded to the nearest full dollar or nearest full percentage point. The information provided here does not offer a comprehensive view of costs for all plans available through eHealth, through the market as a whole, or through government exchanges. Certain data may have been excluded. For example, applications missing key data fields relevant for analysis may have been removed from the sample.
Notes:
12016 figures were previously published in
eHealth’s
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Source:
DMA Communications for eHealth, Inc.
Sande Drew, 916-207-7674
sande.drew@ehealth.com
or
eHealth,
Inc.
Nate Purpura, 650-210-3115
nate.purpura@ehealth.com