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    To the Point

    Obamacare premiums: October surprise?

    This week the Obama administration announced that more than 11 million consumers in the federal exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act will see their healthcare premiums jump by an average of 25 percent next year. In some states they could even double.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Oct 28, 2016 • 34m Listen

    This week the Obama administration announced that more than 11 million consumers in the federal exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act will see their healthcare premiums jump by an average of 25 percent next year. In some states they could even double. As October surprises go, this week’s news should count as a boon to Republicans eager to gut the Obama administration’s prize legacy. But this election isn’t like any other. Guest host Barbara Bogaev explores how faltering health exchanges are playing on the campaign trail, and gets a status report from parts of the country where Obamacare is actually working as planned.

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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Dan Diamond

      White House reporter for the Washington Post

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      Jim Capretta

      American Enterprise Institute

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      Anthony Wright

      Health Access California

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    3 of 4
    Obamacare premiums are rising. Is anyone October surprised?
    1. 1:51FBI reviews new emails linked to Clinton
    2. 5:00Cyberhacking, the Russian way
    3. 8:42Obamacare premiums: October surprise?You’re reading this
    4. 43:38Reaction to Oregon occupation verdicts
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