Average Obamacare premiums are set to rise 30 percent, documents show
Source: Washington Post
The price increases — affecting up to 17 million Americans who buy coverage on the federal marketplace — are by far the largest annual premium increases in recent years.
Premiums for the most popular types of plans sold on the federal health insurance marketplace Healthcare.gov will spike on average by 30 percent next year, according to final rates approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and shown in documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
The rise in prices — affecting up to 17 million Americans who buy coverage on the federal marketplace — are by far the largest annual premium increases in recent years. The higher premiums, along with the likely expiration of pandemic-era subsidies, mean millions of people will see their health insurance payments double or even triple in 2026.
The premium spikes arrive during a protracted and bitter congressional battle over health insurance costs that prompted a government shutdown since Oct. 1. Democrats have urged an extension of enhanced subsidies for plans sold through the Affordable Care Act to soften the blow of rising insurance costs, while Republicans have said the additional assistance was never meant to be permanent.
The spike in premiums will become visible to more Americans on Monday when the Trump administration is expected to open Healthcare.gov for window shopping to browse the price of plans ahead of the Nov. 1 start to open enrollment. A spokesman for CMS did not immediately return a request for comment.
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And all the GQP-controlled states will go along with it because Dear Leader wants the ACA destroyed because it was put in place by a far more intelligent and handsome Black man, who made fun of him at the Correspondents Dinner that one time. They know that the laws around the pricing of the plans will be ignored, just like all other "federal government regulations" put in place by far more intelligent and compassionate people that came before King Donald The Least.
That said, I imagine that the price-gouging they're doing to the ACA plans will be largely mirrored in their 2026 standard plans as well. Because these 4 years are a grifting free-for-all for any regime-adjacent entities 
