Next Obamacare enrollment: Stability mixed with trepidation

Obamacare’s insurance exchanges, after years of skyrocketing premiums and bolting insurers, are showing signs of something that has been elusive since the first open enrollment six years ago: Stability.

When consumers take part in this year’s open enrollment period on Nov. 1, they’ll be avoiding the sticker shock of previous years. Insurers are, on average, making modest rate increases ahead of the period. And some insurers are also returning to Obamacare’s insurance exchanges after watching their colleagues rake in profits.