Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (R) told NewsMax TV this morning that he has personally spoken to healthcare providers who say that premiums may increase by up to 60 percent in 2015 because of Obamacare, with an average increase of “around 30 percent.”
That would be pretty bad if it was true. The good news is it isn’t.
via ThinkProgress
Actual rate filings submitted to the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) just last month show that the average premiums in health care plans offered through the law’s federal exchange will increase by an average of just 3 percent in 2015, with two insurers registering decreases for the coming year.
Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin will drop premiums by an average of 17 percent and Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin will decrease its premiums by an average of 11 percent.
This is just a hunch, but I have a feeling that Ron Johnson didn’t actually speak to a single healthcare provider. At least not any that actually told him premiums could go up by as much as 60 percent.