Talk about strange. Republicans have talked for years about the inevitability of the death spiral. Now we have a state where it has failed, and the Republicans are rushing to give a private insurance company a 55 million dollar bailout, so it will continue to do business in the state.
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A bill passed by the heavily GOP state Legislature to shore up its lone surviving Obamacare insurer is awaiting the signature of Gov. Bill Walker, a Republican-turned-independent…
A bill passed by the heavily GOP state Legislature to shore up its lone surviving Obamacare insurer is awaiting the signature of Gov. Bill Walker, a Republican-turned-independent…
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What I’m getting — and I guarantee what the Alaska Legislature’s getting — is constituents pleading with them for help," Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) told POLITICO.
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The picture became particularly grim in Alaska, where the number of insurers offering plans to individuals is set to drop to one for 2017, and state officials warned that the remaining company couldn't realistically raise rates high enough to cover customers’ medical bills.
Oh, and it is in danger of collapsing in two other states.
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