10/27/13

ObamaCare sticker shock shakes California

"Thousands of Californians are discovering what Obamacare will cost them — and many don't like what they see.  These middle-class consumers are staring at hefty increases on their insurance bills as the overhaul remakes the healthcare market. Their rates are rising in large part to help offset the higher costs of covering sicker, poorer people who have been shut out of the system for years," writes Chad Tehun in the LA Times.
Although recent criticism of the healthcare law has focused on website glitches and early enrollment snags, experts say sharp price increases for individual policies have the greatest potential to erode public support for President Obama's signature legislation. Read it all     [BJS]