Trump, GOP blast Obamacare premiums

Published October 25, 2016 12:11am ET



The Obamacare insurance offerings for next year catapulted President Obama’s healthcare law back into the political spotlight, after his administration released some discouraging figures Monday.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and other GOP candidates and members of Congress lambasted the Affordable Care Act at the news that premiums for its plans sold through state-based marketplaces will rise 22 percent in most places next year and consumers will have 36 percent fewer plan options.

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