By Ken Alltucker | The Republic | azcentral.com
At least 2,000 Arizonans who thought they bought bargain Affordable Care Act insurance from Health Net have learned that their rates will be more expensive than what they initially agreed to purchase.
Health Net’s prices for some plans sold directly to consumers and through the federal marketplace, healthcare.gov, quoted rates less expensive than those the health insurer filed with state insurance regulators.
The Arizona Department of Insurance noticed the discrepancy and ordered Health Net to mail letters to customers who purchased incorrectly priced plans. The rates for marketplace and direct-to-consumer plans are supposed to match the prices filed with both state and federal regulators.
The bottom line for affected consumers: Preferred-provider organization, or PPO, plans will be 7 to 13 percent more expensive than what Health Net quoted.
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