(Tin foil hat alert): This feels like a trap to me; the timing is almost too good to be true, as it’s too easy a softball for Trump to hit, and hit repeatedly and hard. I’m almost expecting some kind of special dispensation from Obama this week that will “freeze” these rate hikes for some time while the rates undergo a review, similar to how the SS tax rate was reduced a few years ago. Making this a central campaign issue now allows them to then quickly pull the rug out from under us, thereby removing a major Trump talking point. (ok, end of alert)
Insurance rates are not a federal issue. Nothing Nobama can do but blame republicans which he’s trying but since not one republican voted for it, that’s a hard sell.