Another One…

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release:

While Senator Sherrod Brown is busy defending Barack Obama's failed health care law, yet another Ohio insurer has decided to leave the state's exchange.

Premier Health Plan announced its decision to exit Ohio's exchange in 2018, leaving its customers in nine Southwest Ohio counties without an insurance plan. Premier joins Anthem, which announced its decision to stop selling Obamacare plans earlier this month, as well as last year's exits of Aetna and UnitedHealthcare, and the collapse of Ohio's health care co-op. As insurers flee the market, prices continue to increase for Ohio consumers, with average premiums going up by 86 percent over the past four years.

"While Senator Sherrod Brown is busy grandstanding with his fellow liberals in Washington, Ohio families are the ones feeling the impact of Obamacare's failings," said NRSC Spokesman Bob Salera. "How high do prices have to go, and how many insurers have to abandon the market before Senator Brown admits that Obamacare isn't working in Ohio?"