I agree wholeheartedly. The smart carriers were looking to hike as soon as they saw this monstrosity on the horizon. In California we have a committee that has to approve rate hikes. Their technique is to say we saved you 26% on a rate hike because it was supposed to go up 100% but we only approved 76%( their math not mine).
Karl Rove was on with Greta last night and said a lot of the rates people are getting are WRONG. Some people lucked out with their employers this yr. with the delayed mandate for employers but in one yr. they will be dumped into exchanges: