State-by-State Impact of Tax Credit and Age Rating Changes Proposed by AHCA

By Lina Walker, Olivia Dean,

Rob Neill

Jane Sung, AARP Public Policy Institute

Sibora Gjeçovi, AARP Research

Published March 22, 2017

The American Health Care Act, as introduced on March 6, 2017, will make changes to tax credits and age rating that will have a harmful impact on older adults. See the impact on low- to moderate- income older adults in your state.

Alabama	Kentucky	North Dakota
Alaska	Louisiana	Ohio
Arizona	Maine	Oklahoma
Arkansas	Maryland	Oregon
California	Massachusetts	Pennsylvania
Colorado	Michigan	Rhode Island
Connecticut	Minnesota	South Carolina
Delaware	Mississippi	South Dakota
District of Columbia	Missouri	Tennessee
Florida	Montana	Texas
Georgia	Nebraska	Utah
Hawaii	Nevada	Vermont
Idaho	New Hampshire	Virginia
Illinois	New Jersey	Washington
Indiana	New Mexico	West Virginia
Iowa	New York	Wisconsin
Kansas	North Carolina	Wyoming

Methods: Premium changes are shown on an annual basis. Premium calculations are based on 2017 premiums and tax credits from the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator (http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/). State charts showing average premium increases are based on premium data from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Premiums under 5:1 were calculated by scaling up 3:1 premiums based on analysis by Joanne Fontana, Thomas Murawski, Sean Hilton, “Impact of Changing ACA Age Rating Structure: An Analysis of Premiums and Enrollment by Age Band”, Milliman Research Report, January 2017, www.milliman.com/aarp. MA, NY and VT do not include changes to age rating.

See Also

AHCA tax credit analysis – full report and national maps

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