Average Exchange Premiums Rise Modestly in 2015 and Variation Increases

In this new analysis, Avalere Health finds that average proposed premiums for individual market exchange plans will increase modestly in 2015, based on initial rate filings in nine states. Across the nine-state group, average monthly silver premiums will rise by 8 percent from $324 in 2014 to $350 in 2015. In particular, average monthly silver premiums will rise in eight of the states, ranging from a 2.5 percent increase in Rhode Island to a 16 percent average increase in Indiana. Oregon was the only state examined in which average premiums will decrease for 2015—falling 1.4 percent or $3 per month.