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</html><description>One of the major proposals in the draft Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule that was released on the 15th is to increase the de minimas allowed actuarial value band. &#xA0;Currently the regulation allows a plan to be included in a metal band if it is within two Actuarial Value (AV) points of &hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Distributional-impacts.png</thumbnail_url></oembed>
