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The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) released Michigan health insurers' PPACA individual plan and small group rate change requests for CY 2027 this week.
At the low end of the PPACA individual market, Priority Health requested 11.1%. At the high end of the PPACA individual market, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Inc. requested 25.5%. The average request of the ten insurers was 14.2%.
At the low end of the small group market, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mutual Insurance Company requested 7.0%. At the high end of the small group market, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Inc. requested 14.8%. The average request of the eight insurers was 9.6%.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland expects overall inflation in America to be 2.39% during the next 12 months and 2.44% over the next 24 months.
Michigan health care insurance premium inflation is now running four to six times the general rate of national inflation:
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