Obamacare Sticker Shock

25%

Average increase in premiums for benchmark plan

Americans shopping on the individual market will pay more as healthier people decline to join the system, raising rates

$433

Average monthly cost of a midlevel plan before subsidies

This could lead to sticker shock for Americans who earn too much to qualify for federal subsidies

73%

Percentage of people on midlevel plans who will pay less than $100 a month

The increased costs will be offset by increased federal subsidies for low-income Americans