Six insurance carriers are seeing rate increases ranging from 12 percent to just under 30 percent for individual health plans sold in Maryland.
The proposed rate increases would bring monthly premium prices for a mid-level plan for a 40-year-old Baltimore resident to between $264 and $415. The proposed rates are subject to review and approval by the Maryland Insurance Administration. The agency expects to release final rates late summer.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States and Evergreen Health Cooperative all submitted requests to raise rates in 2017 for individual health plans, which are for people who aren't covered by an employer-backed health plan and instead buy coverage on their own. Individuals buy these plans through the state's online insurance marketplace, Maryland Health Connection, through a broker or directly from an insurance carrier.
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And why? Can you say "Obamacare". Keep voting for Democrats folks. You deserve what you are getting.
ReplyDeleteThanks obama
ReplyDeleteTrump in 2016!
ReplyDeleteTell me what year in the past did they not ask for increases?
ReplyDeleteYou knew it was coming. Obamacre can not support itself and was built on lies. Now we all get to pay for it so the guy who is not working can have the government give him the same plan. I hope everyone that voted for him a second time gets hit with increases so they can realize how stupid it was to trust him and vote for the clown a second time.
ReplyDeleteI can't afford to go to the doctor now and they are going to up the rate even more. I hope someone is benefitting from this Obamacare crap because it is NOT the people that work for a living.
ReplyDeleteObama lied (we know now) about the Iranian nuclear treaty and he obviously lied about Obama care.
ReplyDeleteWhere's my $2500 IN SAVINGS, you lying buffoon??
They lie about the unemployment rate, the federal debt level, job growth, you name it.
And 40% of the population still thinks he's an angel from heaven, sent to save us all.
Keep cheering.
11:04 nailed it!
ReplyDeleteNow hold on 11:04....dontcha think that 40% number is a weeeee bit high?
ReplyDeleteTRUMP 2016!
And Rhodes is laughing all the way to the bank. Gullible Liberals bought the big schtick hook, line and sinker about how Obamacare was going to be oh, so much cheaper. They also bought the BS of keeping your doctor and your favorite insurance. smh When will Liberals get a clue that Democrat politicians have hoodwinked you so now we have a healthcare system that is the worst of the public and private idioms. You guys got what you asked for and now, healthcare in the US is in ruins.
ReplyDeletePeople would travel here from all over the world to have get our medical treatments. Well, not anymore. They might as well stay in Europe. At least, their system has some redeeming qualities, unlike ours which has nothing redeeming about it.
Liberals should never gain control in DC again. EVER! You guys are SOLELY responsible for this mess.
Libs wanted it let them deal with it.
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