Health care insurance is up, but rising costs drive thousands to select cheaper plans

Health care insurance is up, but rising costs drive thousands to select cheaper plans

Thousands of Marylanders selected cheaper health care plans through the state's Affordable Care Act marketplace due to rising insurance costs. that (Photo by Ariel Skelley/Getty Images)The number of people enrolling in health care plans through the state’s insurance marketplace may be at a record high, but the quality of coverage is down for thousands of Marylanders, officials told lawmakers this week. The expiration of popular federal tax credi…