Consumers See Big Variations In Costs And Networks

A Kaiser Health News analysis shows that a buyer\’s home county may make a big difference in the insurance options they can choose from on the new online insurance marketplaces, while Politico reports that areas where co-op plans are offered are seeing lower prices.

Kaiser Health News: Marketplace Plans Vary Widely In Costs, Within Counties And Across The Country
Consumers shopping in the new health insurance marketplaces will face a bewildering array of competing plans in some counties and sparse options in other places, with people in some areas of the country having to pay much more for the identical level of coverage than consumers elsewhere (Rau and Appleby, 10/4).