Avik Roy, Forbes

Behind Obamacare Rateshock

Last week, the state of California claimed that its version of Obamacare’s health insurance exchange would actually reduce premiums. But the data tells a different story: Obamacare, in fact, will increase individual-market premiums in California by as much as 146 percent.

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