It seems clear that the discounts in bronze and gold plans created by silver loading -- the pricing in of Cost Sharing Reduction into silver plans only after Trump cut off direct reimbursement for the benefit* -- have partly offset enrollment losses in the ACA marketplace caused by other forms of sabotage, e.g., the gutting of federal funding for advertising and enrollment assistance and repeal of the individual mandate penalty. Silver loading may have boosted enrollment by
One more offset from silver loading
One more offset from silver loading
One more offset from silver loading
It seems clear that the discounts in bronze and gold plans created by silver loading -- the pricing in of Cost Sharing Reduction into silver plans only after Trump cut off direct reimbursement for the benefit* -- have partly offset enrollment losses in the ACA marketplace caused by other forms of sabotage, e.g., the gutting of federal funding for advertising and enrollment assistance and repeal of the individual mandate penalty. Silver loading may have boosted enrollment by