Quick, ACA marketwatchers: what's wrong with the headlines below?
Trump didn't end the Cost Sharing Reduction benefit, of course, He didn't end government funding for CSR, either -- he just redirected it into a less efficient channel that will cost the Treasury hundreds of billions, hurt unsubsidized enrollees in states that don't make insurers price in CSR in the most efficient way, and provide a windfall for many more affluent subsidized enrollees in states that do concentrate the premium hike where it belongs, in on-exchange silver plans.
Those headlines did a real disservice. A lot of people in this country must be under the impression that a major ACA benefit has been stripped away. The ledes in many cases did not repair the damage.
