Delaware finalizes 3 percent rate bump to Obamacare plans

Published August 22, 2018 3:16pm ET



Delaware’s insurance regulator has finalized a 3 percent rate hike for plans sold on Obamacare’s exchanges next year, a decline from the nearly 6 percent insurers initially requested.

Delaware is now officially set to be one of several states to hike rates for the 2019 coverage year, a development that will expose Republicans to Democratic attacks. Democrats charge that consumers will face higher rates overall because of “sabotage” by the Trump administration, a line of criticism that will gain force as Obamacare plans finalize rates just before the 2018 midterm elections.

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