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   State regulators approved significant premium hikes on Louisiana   
   and Iowa’s ObamaCare exchanges this week, with average increases   
   in each state reaching double digits.   
      
   The increases came in the final weeks of tight Senate races in   
   each state that could decide whether Republicans can take Senate   
   control from Democrats, according to the story by The Daily   
   Caller.   
      
   In Louisiana, 2015 plans will be much costlier, according to The   
   Times-Picayune. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, the   
   exchange’s largest insurer, is increasing prices 18.3 percent to   
   19.7 percent for three different plans. More than 50,000   
   customers are currently covered by those plans. However, the   
   insurer isn’t hiking rates on customers with narrowed networks   
   in New Orleans, Baton Rouge or Shreveport.   
      
   Humana will up its exchange premium rates by 9.9 percent, after   
   backing down from its initial proposal of 15.5 percent. Vantage   
   Health Plan, like Blue Cross Blue Shield, is going ahead with   
   its initial proposal, a 15.89 percent hike.   
      
   Iowa also approved large rate hikes Thursday. CoOportunity   
   adjusted its premium hikes up to 19 percent on average. The   
   other top exchange insurer, Coventry will increase rates by 8.7   
   percent.   
      
   The race for Iowa’s open Senate seat in November has pitted   
   Republican Joni Ernst, who’s been heavily critical of the health-   
   care law, against Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley, who supports   
   ObamaCare.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/11/louisiana-iowa-   
   obamacare-premiums-rise-by-double-digits/?intcmp=obinsite   
      
       
      
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