MINNESOTA OBAMACARE RATES JUMP 60% TO AVOID 'COLLAPSE'
'It's in an emergency situation ... It's a stopgap for 2017'
(Hotair) Seems that Washington DC isn’t the only place that’s learned the art of the Friday afternoon news dump. Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman announced yesterday afternoon that the state had approved health insurance premium increases that will average 60% in MNsure, the state’s ObamaCare exchange. The statement blamed big losses by insurers in the state, and bad predictions about utilization rates, for the decision:
Rothman said that Minnesota’s rate increases are part of a national trend in the individual health insurance market, with nearly all states looking at double-digit rate increases as insurers seek to align premium revenues with expected claims costs. States’ rate increases are also exacerbated by cuts to critical federal programs that were intended to stabilize the market and rates for consumers.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/minnesota-obamacare-rates-jump-60-to-avoid-collapse/#8GGg3kRwgGlIvGx6.99
My comments: Obamacare was a SHAMEFUL Act on the part of Obama and the Democrats, passing it without a single Republican Vote.
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