Many insurance companies are seeking much more than that, for the exchange plans and those offered to employers. Premera in Washington state is approved to charge 19 percent more next year. “That basic promise, that it’s going to make health care more affordable, it’s not making health care more affordable,” said Avik Roy, an author and Republican adviser. “It’s making health care more expensive, especially for the uninsured.”The problem remains a risk pool with too many sick people and not enough who are young and healthy. “That’s going to be the future,” said Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center in Washington State.

Source: Fox News September 28, 2016 20:13 UTC