ALEXANDRIA, Va. — After embracing ObamaCare, Hillary Clinton surely must be hoping that health reform stays in the background in the presidential campaign, even as events blast it into the headlines.
Costs for individual ObamaCare policies are expected to be 24 percent higher next year. Voters will see for themselves the huge premium spikes when open enrollment starts—just a week before election day.
Insurers are pulling out of the exchanges after losing billions of dollars, leaving people with fewer choices. Deductibles are soaring to as high as $12,000 on exchanges policies, and many people say they might as well be uninsured.