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Sasse Reacts to Obamacare's Premium Hikes in Nebraska

Statement

By: Ben Sasse
By: Ben Sasse
Date: May 26, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

U.S. Senator Ben Sasse issued the following statement regarding the news that families who get their health insurance on Obamacare's exchanges from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska or Medica could face an average premium rate increase of 35 percent next year.

"A 35 percent premium increase isn't political for Nebraska families -- it's unaffordable, plain and simple. This massive rate hike follows the trend created by Obamacare. Never-ending cost increases combined with decreasing insurer competition and choice is even more proof that this law just doesn't work. Nebraskans deserve relief from this failure. Relief cannot come from more European-style, centrally-planned boondoggles -- it has to come from true, patient-centered reform."


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