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Graves: Skyrocketing Obamacare Premiums Fit Pattern of Incompetence & Mistrust

Jun 24, 2014
Press Release
Individual Premiums Increased by Average Of 49% in 2014, 271% Average Rate Hike for Men in Buchanan County Alone

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06), House Small Business Committee Chairman, reaffirmed his support for fully repealing Obamacare after a new report was released showing how the law is making health care more expensive.

“Aside from Obamacare’s ongoing dysfunction and delay, the added costs and burdens being forced on Missourians are a major cause for alarm.  What we are seeing in Buchanan County and the greater Kansas City area are some of the biggest premium increases in the country.  The President even promised that Obamacare would lower premiums for the middle class,” said Congressman Graves.  “This pattern of broken promises creates more confusion and damages our trust.  The only way to truly prevent more skyrocketing premiums and dropped coverage is to fully repeal a law that is far too flawed to stand as law of the land.”

The study, which looks at data from 3,137 counties around the country, indicates that Obamacare increased 2014 individual-market premiums by an average of 49%.  From 2013-2014, Buchanan County had the largest average increase for men than any other county in the nation at 271%.

Specifically among 27-year old men, the study indicates premium increases of 411% in Buchanan County, 242% in Atchison County, 219% in Platte County, 38% in Adair County, 38% in Marion County, 219% in Clay County, and 36% in Pike County.

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