"[The Essential Health Benefits regulation] essentially 'grandfathers' all state benefit mandates enacted before December 31, 2011. That means states will pay the additional cost only for any state benefit mandates enacted after 2011. The effect will be disparities among states, as the package of 'essential' benefits will be more generous in some states than in others. Of course, those differences will also be reflected in plan premiums. Yet the amount paid by those receiving Obamacare's exchange subsidies will not vary by state[.]"  MORE >>