{"id":2441,"date":"2018-03-28T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/28\/republicans-cause-double-digit-premium-hikes-again\/"},"modified":"2018-03-28T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T08:53:00","slug":"republicans-cause-double-digit-premium-hikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-cause-double-digit-premium-hikes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Cause Double-Digit Premium Hikes, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicpolicypolling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PPP_Release_National_32718.pdf\">new poll<\/a> shows that half of Americans think the Trump administration is actively taking steps that will hurt people&rsquo;s health care and raise costs. They&rsquo;re right. For over a year now, Trump and Republicans have sabotaged insurance markets and made health care less accessible and more expensive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Republican sabotage and inaction are causing insurers<\/strong><strong> to once again prepare for double-digit premium hikes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-pulse\/2018\/03\/27\/insurers-prepare-for-double-digit-rate-hikes-again-151267\">Politico Pulse<\/a>: &ldquo;INSURERS PREPARE FOR DOUBLE-DIGIT RATE HIKES (AGAIN) &mdash; <strong>The spending package enacted last week by Congress was likely the last chance to do something to mitigate another year of expected double-digit rate hikes for Obamacare plans<\/strong>. That&rsquo;s because insurers are already starting the process of developing products and pricing for 2019, and there&rsquo;s little appetite on Capitol Hill to revisit the issue after months of failing to achieve consensus, POLITICO&#39;s Paul Demko reports.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, voters plan to hold Trump and Republicans accountable for their ongoing sabotage in this year&rsquo;s midterm elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2018\/03\/26\/healthcare-will-dominate-the-midterms-that-wont-help-republicans\/?utm_term=.ebbce7a31550\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>Health care will dominate the midterms. That won&rsquo;t help Republicans<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sabotaging-the-affordable-care-act-will-lead-to-pricier-insurance\/478110203\/\">Star Tribune Editorial<\/a>: &ldquo;Early retirees, farmers and others who are self-employed will likely pay more for health insurance next year due to reckless action and inaction in the past three months by the Trump administration and Republican congressional majorities. <strong>This pocketbook issue, which could have been fixed or avoided, ought to be a top issue as voters consider whom to support in the 2018 election<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll shows that half of Americans think the Trump administration is actively taking steps that will hurt people&rsquo;s health care and raise costs. They&rsquo;re right. For over a year now, Trump and Republicans have sabotaged insurance markets and made health care less accessible and more expensive. &nbsp; Republican sabotage and inaction are causing <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Republicans Cause Double-Digit Premium Hikes, Again - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-cause-double-digit-premium-hikes-again\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-28T08:53:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-cause-double-digit-premium-hikes-again\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-cause-double-digit-premium-hikes-again\/\",\"name\":\"Republicans Cause Double-Digit Premium Hikes, Again - 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