By Glynis Kazanjian
The chairman of one of Maryland’s largest health insurance
brokerage firms predicted small businesses would begin to feel the real
effects of Obamacare when they get their renewal notices Jan. 1, which
will bring higher rates and fewer benefits.
“We just got the rates last week – what the marketplace has
not seen yet,” Frank Kelly, Jr., founder of Kelly and Associates
Insurance Group, said in an interview. “I’ve seen the increases. Some
are going to get decreases, but by far that’s the minority.”
Kelly said his firm ran the premium rates for every health
insurance company that sells policies in the small group market,
including Aetna, Kaiser Permanente and United Healthcare, for groups
from two to 50 people. Kelly said he saw a 46% increase for a
nine-person group, a 34% increase for a 31-person group, a 23% increase
for a four-person group and a 32% for a one-person group.
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