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Analysis of the ACA Annual Tax on Health Insurers, Allocated by State

"The [ACA] will impose taxes beginning in 2014 on insurance companies that offer fully-insured coverage. The taxes will be assessed on earned health insurance premiums, with certain exclusions.... On average across all states ... additional premiums to be paid over the ten-year period would increase by [1] $2,171 for single contracts and $5,140 for family contracts in the individual market; [2] $2,794 for single contracts and $6,883 for family contracts in the small-group market; and [3] $2,636 for single contracts and $7,186 for family contracts in the large-group market."

CMS' Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts Will Result in Higher Costs, Fewer Benefits for Seniors

"[A new analysis by Oliver Wyman prepared for America's Health Insurance Plans] estimates that the new proposed payment cuts combined with the reform law's payment cuts and taxes will result in benefit reductions and premium increases of an average $50 to $90 per month for a typical Medicare Advantage beneficiary next year.... CMS recently proposed a 2.3 percent reduction in Medicare Advantage payments for 2014 at a time when medical costs are projected to increase by three percent."

Early Indications of Changes to the 2015 Medicare Advantage Payment Methodology and the Potential Effect on Medicare Advantage Organizations and Beneficiaries (PDF)

13 pages. Excerpt: "[T]he potential reductions that could be included in the 2015 Advance Notice, in combination with the continued phase-in of the ACA cuts and other legislative and regulatory cuts which come on top of significant cuts that occurred in 2014 ... could result in a significant amount of upheaval in the [Medicare Advantage (MA)] market. This includes the potential for plan exits, reductions in service areas, reduced benefits, provider network changes, and reduced MA enrollment as beneficiaries see a significant decline in plan value from 2014 to 2015."