"She cited cost increase estimates for other states: Maryland, 30 percent; Oregon, 27 percent; Maine, 21 percent; and Florida, 18 percent. Ms. Pipes also pointed to Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services when its Obamacare website flopped in October 2013. Ms. Tavenner, now CEO of the industry lobbying group America’s Health Insurance Plans, last month predicted of premiums, “the overall trend is going to be higher than we saw in previous years.”"

No end in sight for higher Obamacare premiums

Weren't health insurance premiums supposed to go down under Obamacare and its California exchange, Covered California? During his 2008 campaign for president, Barack Obama predicted that, in his administration, "we'll lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year."

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