Health plans are expecting 2018 premium rates to increase by 7.2% for Group Commercial plans, while growing by 21.2% for Individual Commercial Plans. For Group plans, this growth is 0.3 percentage points higher than their expectations for last year. For Individual plans, growth expectations are lower by 1.1 percentage points. Individual members include all who purchase insurance individually, including those not served on exchanges. Medicare and Medicaid membership is excluded from these trends. ... |