Researchers at the Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank, found that the average benchmark premium on the exchanges fell by 1.7% for 2021. That follows decreases of 1.2% in 2019 and 3.2% in 2020.

A sizable portion (26) had returns greater than their benchmark. Pension plan returns were largely clustered within 1 percentage point of their benchmark with 38 plans within that range.

The average premium for a "benchmark" silver plan on HealthCare.gov for a 27-year-old will drop by 4% in the 2020 coverage year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.

In this study we used national data from the period 2010–20 to examine the relationships among unobserved favorable selection, benchmark setting, and payments to plans in MA.