by Hans Bader on May 16, 2014
There are “rate hikes
for all” coming due to Obamacare, predicts The Daily Caller, citing state
insurance filings:
Virginians will see upped health insurance premiums in
2015 . . . according to the filings from the first state to release any
information about what Obamacare could bring next year. The premium proposals
were submitted to the state insurance office for official approval and were
made public Monday. Each health plan expects to increase its prices in 201 past
nominal increases for inflation, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Anthem HealthKeepers, run by WellPoint, expects to up its premiums on and off
Virginia’s Obamacare exchange by an average of 8.5 percent. . . others will see
increases up to 16.6 percent. The fees are due to a multitude of Obamacare
worries, including sicker new customers, an influx of demand for health care services
from the newly insured and a plethora of new Obamacare taxes.
Big increases in premiums and deductibles are coming
after the November election, notes The
Fiscal Times. As we noted earlier, Washington, D.C.,
recently imposed a one-percent health-insurance tax in
the city to pay for the ballooning costs of its Obamacare health insurance
exchange, increasing costs for both employers and individuals. Obamacare has
increased the cost of employer-provided health insurance in
the District of Columbia, as predicted by experts, who warned that small
employers especially “may see their rates increase” in the
city. Hot Air
proclaims, “get ready for the next round of Obamacare
price spikes.”…...To Read More......
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