Obamacare Enrollment to See ‘Significant Slowdown’ Next Year

  • S&P predictions range from 8% decline to 4% increase
  • ‘A bump in the road, but doesn’t signal ‘game-over:” S&P

A man walks out of an insurance company office after shopping for a health plan under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, on Dec. 15, 2015 in Miami, Florida.

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Enrollment in the Obamacare insurance marketplace is likely to stall or even decline for 2017 as higher premiums drive away people who aren’t eligible for government subsidies, according to S&P Global Ratings forecasts.

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