n their quest to take back the House and Senate in November's midterm elections, Democrats have received a bit of bad news. The Hill recently noted:
"Health insurers are proposing relatively modest premium bumps for next year, despite doomsday predictions from Democrats that the Trump administration's changes to ObamaCare would bring massive increases in 2019. That could make it a challenge for Democrats looking to weaponize rising premiums heading into the midterm elections."
Administration officials confirmed the premium trend last Friday, when they indicated that proposed 2019 rates for the 38 states using healthcare.gov averaged a 5.4 percent increase—a number that may come down even further after review by state insurance commissioners. So much for that “sabotage.”
