July 27, 2015
HYSTERICS GONNA BE HYSTERICAL:
Obamacare rates to rise 4% in California for 2016 (CHAD TERHUNE, 7/27/15, LA Times)
Defying dire predictions about health insurance rate shock across the country, California's Obamacare exchange negotiated a 4% average rate increase for the second year in a row.The modest increase for 2016, announced Monday, may be welcome news for many of the 1.3 million Californians who buy individual policies through the state marketplace, known as Covered California.California's rates are a key barometer of how the Affordable Care Act is working nationwide, and the state's performance is sure to be hotly debated among supporters and foes of the healthcare law, including the current crop of presidential candidates.
We need to transition to universal HSAs to get the rates headed in the opposite direction.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 27, 2015 5:12 PM
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