Marketplace Premium Changes Throughout the United States, 2014-2015

This report examines marketplace premium changes between 2014 and 2015 in all rating regions in all states and the District of Columbia. It provides premium data on the lowest-cost silver plan within each rating region for a 40-year-old individual who does not use tobacco. The report calculates that the population-weighted national average premium increase in the lowest-cost silver plan offered in each year was 2.9 percent. Increases varied considerably both across rating regions within states and across states. Data on premium increases in 40 cities and in 38 rural areas that could be separately identified also are provided.