{"id":1142,"date":"2016-10-26T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/keiser\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2020-09-16T17:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:08:35","slug":"insurance-commissioner-and-washington-health-benefit-exchange-efforts-protected-washingtonians-from-excessive-rate-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/2016\/10\/26\/insurance-commissioner-and-washington-health-benefit-exchange-efforts-protected-washingtonians-from-excessive-rate-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance Commissioner and Washington Health Benefit Exchange efforts protected Washingtonians from excessive rate hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OLYMPIA<\/strong> \u2013 Following today\u2019s announcements from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance.wa.gov\/about-oic\/newsroom\/news\/2016\/10-26-2016.html?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=https:\/\/www.insurance.wa.gov\/about-oic\/newsroom\/news\/2016\/10-26-2016.html?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=\">Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wahbexchange.org\/washington-healthplanfinder-bucks-national-rate-trends-customers-will-see-changes-costs-savings-coverage-options-2017\/\">Washington Health Benefit Exchange<\/a>, Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the work of Insurance Commissioner Kreidler and Health Benefit Exchange CEO Pam MacEwan, Washington has proven once again that full state implementation of the Affordable Care Act has kept us on the cutting edge of healthcare reform and consumer protection.\u00a0 Maintaining a healthy market in our state has kept premium increases to an average of just 8 percent on our Washington Healthplanfinder, with the most popular Silver plans at less than 4 percent premium hikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNationwide, states are facing average rate hikes of nearly 25 percent, while in Washington, average rate increases for 2017 will be less than a third of the national average. \u00a0And our state\u2019s exchange also has a very healthy individual marketplace of numerous competing health plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is on the back of news that statewide uninsured rates hit a record low seven percent in 2015, meaning more than 2.4 million Washingtonians have signed up for health insurance coverage in the three years of ACA implementation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough much work remains ahead to keep insurance rates low, we owe commendation to those who have protected our state from the nationwide trends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p>For Interviews: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sen. Karen Keiser, 360-786-7664<\/p>\n<p>For Information: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aaron T. Sherman, Communications Specialist, 360-786-7853<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 Following today\u2019s announcements from Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and the Washington Health Benefit Exchange, Sen. 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