Comparative analysis looks at how the Republican proposed healthcare law stacks up against the Affordable Care Act, and how cities across the country would be affected if enacted.

In order to gauge the AHCA’s impact on individuals who buy their own insurance, personal finance website WalletHub compared the differences in premium subsidies that the average households in 457 U.S. cities would receive under the ACA and AHCA. To assess ACA subsidies, WalletHub used the Kaiser Family Foundation’s health insurance marketplace calculator, using a two-person household with a median income. For the AHCA, the analysis used the age-based dollar amounts:

Nick Otto
Former senior editor

Nick Otto is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser.


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