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Unidentified speaker blames "Obamacare" for most premium hikes, cites GOP fix said to cut premiums 11%
Summary
An unidentified speaker argued that "about 80%" of recent insurance premium increases are structural problems tied to the Affordable Care Act, promoted Republican fixes including a cost-sharing reduction provision said to have cut premiums by 11%, and called for more market competition rather than government solutions.
An unidentified speaker at the event said that the principal cause of recent health insurance premium increases is structural flaws in the Affordable Care Act, which the transcript refers to as "Obamacare," and urged market-based fixes.
"We know that the fundamentally, about 80% of premium increases are the structural problems in Obamacare," the unidentified speaker said, attributing most of the rise in premiums to those structural issues. The speaker also said the…
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