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State officials sound alarm on ObamaCare premium hikes, market 'collapse' | Fox News[FONT="]State officials sounded the alarm Wednesday on Capitol Hill about skyrocketing ObamaCare premiums as insurers across the country propose double-digit rate hikes – renewing pressure on Congress to act. [/FONT][FONT="]Insurance commissioners and officials from Alaska, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Washington state all testified before a Senate committee on the 2018 premium hikes, which are being finalized over the next few weeks. [/FONT]
[FONT="]In Alaska, premiums have increased 203 percent since 2013, according to Lori Wing-Heier, the state’s director of the Division of Insurance.[/FONT]
[FONT="]“On average, the increase means that an Alaskan in the individual market who was paying a monthly premium of $344 per month in 2013 is paying $1,041 per month in 2017,” Wing-Heier told the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions committee.[/FONT]
Golly gee whiz, a government run healthcare system that doesn't work and is way over cost and budget? SHOCKING!