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Insurers seeking huge premium hikes on ObamaCare plans
Fox News.com ^ | August 2, 2017

Posted on 08/02/2017 8:49:25 AM PDT by Kaslin

Top health insurance companies in numerous states are looking to hike premiums by double-digits – some by roughly 30 percent or more – for ObamaCare plans in 2018, according to newly released figures that could light a fire under stalled efforts on Capitol Hill to fix the program.

“A lot of us have lost focus on the fact that the system we have doesn’t work,” White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday, referring to the proposed premium hikes.

The Wall Street Journal reported that major insurers in Idaho, West Virginia, South Carolina, Iowa and Wyoming are pitching premium hikes averaging 30 percent or higher.

Other states also could see double-digit hikes, including New Mexico, Tennessee and Texas – while elsewhere, insurers are eyeing smaller increases.

The requests are preliminary and could change before insurers strike 2018 agreements with federal officials in the fall.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: aca; health; healthcareinsurers; insurance; obamacare; obamacareinsurers; obamacarepremiums; repeal; trumpobamacare
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1 posted on 08/02/2017 8:49:25 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
Force obumacare on Congress NOW!

No up's, no extras!

2 posted on 08/02/2017 8:52:16 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: Kaslin

The ol’ 8% rule will kick in for more and more people. Sweet!


3 posted on 08/02/2017 8:54:02 AM PDT by robroys woman
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To: Kaslin

If the law (as written) allows it, raise them all you want and kill Obamacare.

If the law as written does not allow it then no, no hikes. Should that cause the insurer to go broke, fine. That will kill Obamacare.

Should the insurer withdraw from Obamacare then fine. That kills Obamacare.

There is no crisis and the market doesn’t need anymore meddling.


4 posted on 08/02/2017 8:54:36 AM PDT by MrEdd (long hours)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

When it implodes, it will wreak serious havoc on our country on many fronts. It looks like trump is trying to push up the implosion timetable to get the congress to act if they want to keep their lives, much less their jobs.


5 posted on 08/02/2017 8:55:18 AM PDT by robroys woman
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To: Kaslin

Trump will be blamed for this. The “uncertainty” will force insurers to raise prices or drop out of the market.


6 posted on 08/02/2017 8:56:54 AM PDT by I want the USA back (If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

Call Your Senators and Reps at 202-224-3121. Best to key in zip code and use numbers as their voice recognition sucks.


7 posted on 08/02/2017 8:57:17 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Kaslin

Great, let ‘em have it. The more Obamacare impacts people negatively the more positive the midterm election results will be.


8 posted on 08/02/2017 9:01:05 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: I want the USA back
If people are that stupid...it's ALL toast anyway.

Let it burn. Rebuild.

9 posted on 08/02/2017 9:01:40 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: Kaslin

Best strategy for the GOP:

Give up efforts to repeal and replace. It’s obvious the Dims will not vote for it nor will the turncoat traitorous Repubs like McCain, Collins, and Murkowski.

Obamacare is a disaster. Premiums are skyrocketing as are deductibles. It going to crash on it’s own.

And the best part is, the Dims and the turncoat Repubs will own it. President Trump and the conservative wing of the GOP will bear no responsibilty for this POC.


10 posted on 08/02/2017 9:03:54 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

Exactly. Right.


11 posted on 08/02/2017 9:04:31 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: bigbob

Thanks McCain the stain.


12 posted on 08/02/2017 9:06:54 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: RckyRaCoCo
People may be stupid, but primarily they are greedy and want other people to pay their way

You can't con an honest person very easily

Most people understand that ObamaCare is a scam, they just figure they are cashing in on the scam. The stupidity for most comes in when don't understand that THEY are the rich people who are going to paying for other people's insurance

13 posted on 08/02/2017 9:10:33 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Kaslin

14 posted on 08/02/2017 9:13:44 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!)
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To: Kaslin

“A lot of us have lost focus on the fact that the system we have doesn’t work,

Yeah...maybe YOU and Congress have lost focus but WE the People sure as hell have not. We see the stinking bullcrap pile of failure every damn day.


15 posted on 08/02/2017 9:14:05 AM PDT by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: Kaslin

Up to 43% in Illinois. That is about 90% in 2 years..


16 posted on 08/02/2017 9:16:55 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: Kaslin
Maybe bankrupting the American Middle Class will wake up the quislings in Congress... Can the 'never Trumper' Republicans wake up?

Cause these 'rate hikes' don't hurt 'the poor' or the 'close to poor' they are aimed at hard working middle class Americans... just like Obama and his merry band of liberal elites intended.

Yep, damaging the middle class was the intent... the 'winners' live in inner cities - the 'losers' wake up every day, go off to a job and try to support their families. None of this was a mistake. The winners: members of democrat victim groups. Losers: Middle Class working citizens.... Obama and Nancy chose the 'winners' in this 'insuranceCare' system from hell.

17 posted on 08/02/2017 9:19:57 AM PDT by GOPJ (To totalitarians an open inquisitive mind is more dangerous than a Marine with a rifle-James Mattis)
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To: EVO X

The whole thing is designed to make you panic, scream, and demand single payer.

I’m not so sure it ain’t working.


18 posted on 08/02/2017 9:23:54 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: RckyRaCoCo; Kaslin

Ask Congress & their staffers for it $$!


19 posted on 08/02/2017 9:25:41 AM PDT by 4Liberty ("Russia"? Communists have been infiltrating Hollywood & US academia for decades..........)
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To: 4Liberty

Invest in pitchforks, rope and guillotines.


20 posted on 08/02/2017 9:31:58 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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