One of the most important aspects of the Affordable Care Act is consumer choice. More choice leads to more competition among insurers, and that can mean lower costs to consumers.
But, as Michiganders shopped for health coverage on the federal marketplace, the amount of choice was not even.
If you lived in Wayne, Oakland or Macomb Counties, you got to choose from 55 insurance plans. If you lived in Delta County in the Upper Peninsula, you were only offered 5 plans, all of them from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Josh Fangmeier is a health policy analyst with the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation. He joined us today.
Listen to the full interview above.
