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Senator warns of 'statewide emergency' in health insurance enrollment and backs SB 379
Summary
A senator urged immediate action on rising premiums and falling exchange enrollment, said early data show enrollment down about 190,000 and premiums rising 'at an average of 200%,' and said he cosponsored Senate Bill 379 to use state subsidies to offset expiring federal premium assistance.
An unidentified senator (speaker 3) told the Georgia Senate that thousands of residents face sharply higher premiums and declining enrollment on the state's insurance exchange and urged the legislature to act.
"By midnight tonight, the last Georgian who can enroll in the marketplace will have made their choice," the senator said,…
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