Obamacare Premiums Dip For First Time. Some Call It A Correction

(By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News)

After two years of double-digit price hikes, the average premium for individual health coverage on the federal health law’s insurance marketplace will drop by 1.5 percent for 2019, the Trump administration said Thursday.

The announcement  marked the first time average premiums have fallen since the exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act went into effect in 2014. Continue reading article here…

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