Why Obamacare Premiums Have Gone Up So Much
Posted on AllSides August 8th, 2017
From The Right
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The failed Republican effort to kill Obamacare had a saving grace. It’s small but significant. We now know the chief cause of skyrocketing health-insurance premiums since Obamacare was activated in 2013. And it’s not the “essential benefits” everyone is forced to buy, though they’ve often been blamed.