{"id":31703,"date":"2017-10-08T14:05:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31703"},"modified":"2017-10-08T14:05:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T18:05:14","slug":"the-cost-of-keeping-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31703","title":{"rendered":"The Cost Of Keeping ObamaCare"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> posted an article today about what is happening to the cost of health insurance<\/a> in Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Obamacare plan premiums may increase an average of 45 percent<\/a> in Florida next year due to health care<\/a> insurers rate hike requests, according<\/a> to Florida’s Office of Insurance<\/a> Regulation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are six<\/a> insurers in Florida selling plans on and off the exchanges in 2018 including Blue Cross and Blue Shield<\/a>, Celtic Insurance Company, Florida Health Care Plan, Health First Commercial Plans, Health Options, and Molina Healthcare<\/a> of Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Molina Healthcare requested the highest rate increase of 71.2 percent. Individuals with this coverage can expect their monthly premium to increase from $402 to $688.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blue Cross and Blue Shield requested a 38.1 percent increase, Celtic Insurance Company requested a 46.1 percent increase, Florida Health Care Plan requested a 26.5 percent increase, Health First Commercial Plans requested a 39.3 percent increase, and Health Options requested a 36 percent increase.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On average, consumers in Florida can expect their monthly premium to increase from $463 to $671.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of the problem is the lack of competition. The article explains:<\/p>\n

The Florida office notes<\/a> declining insurer participation since 2015. In that year there were 21 participating insurers. In 2016 there were 19, in 2017 there were 14, and in 2018 there are 9, which includes the companies that participate off exchange. They also report there will be 42 counties in their state that will only have one health insurer participating on the exchange.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ObamaCare<\/a> needs to be totally gone. Meanwhile, President Trump is dismantling the parts of it that he can legally dismantle. Since so much of ObamaCare was written as it went along, much of it can easily be eliminated by the Executive Branch<\/a>. However, the ideal situation would be to get rid of ObamaCare totally and let the free market take over. That would probably result in lower healthcare premiums for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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