re: Health insurance rates set to soar for some in Louisiana

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With the outcome of those efforts in Congress uncertain and delayed up to two weeks, insurers are factoring in proposed changes that they say are inflating what would be single-digit premium increases into double-digits for 2018.

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"Keep in mind these numbers are preliminary based on what the new health care law is going to look like. Had it not been for not enforcing the mandate or the possibility of cost-share reductions not being paid by the government, we would have seen normal trends of 7 percent to 10 percent increases," Justice said. "However we have had to prepare ourselves for the uncertainty in the market."

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