That may well have increased the ex post risk premium (otherthingsbeing equal, a fallinthe dividend yieldfrom 4% to 2% meansinvestorsdoubletheir money).
In what could be another example that health care reform is actually hitting the targets intended by the controversial Affordable Care Act, government research shows that in the 15 states that publically post their requests for premium rate increases, double digit rate increases have plummeted since passage of Obamacare.