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HHS Announces Final 2022 Cost-Sharing Maximums under the Affordable Care Act

May 11, 2021

HHS recently issued its final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2022 (the "Notice"), which includes the maximum annual limitations on cost-sharing that will apply to essential health benefits in 2022 under non-grandfathered group health plans subject to the Affordable Care Act. For this purpose, cost-sharing generally includes deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, and other required expenditures that are qualified medical expenses with respect to essential health benefits available under the plan. The 2022 limitations are (i) $8,700 for self-only coverage and (ii) $17,400 for other than self-only coverage.

The Notice is available here.

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