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Double-Digit Premium Hikes to Follow Republican Healthcare Effort

HeadlineAug 11, 2017

Meanwhile, a new study finds the Republican effort to overturn Obamacare will likely lead to double-digit insurance premium hikes for millions of Americans next year. Thursday’s report by Kaiser Family Foundation also predicts that uncertainty over the fate of the Affordable Care Act will lead insurers to offer fewer products, with many more likely to exit the health insurance exchanges altogether. After his efforts on healthcare failed last month, President Trump tweeted, “let ObamaCare implode, then deal.”

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