GOP Sabotage Drives Health Care Premiums Higher in FL and IN

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release:

Florida and Indiana are the latest states hurt by Republicans' health care sabotage, as nine insurers in Florida announced premium increases - with one insurer asking for a 30 percent premium hike - and insurers in Indiana specifically citing Republican actions as the reason for their increases, which are reaching as high as 10 percent.

These hikes are the latest in a series announced since the Trump Administration and Republicans' actions such as allowing shoddy, short-term plans that jeopardize coverage for pre-existing conditions and their lawsuit to make pre-existing condition coverage protections unconstitutional.

"Thanks to their repeated efforts to sabotage the health care system, Republicans have succeeded in making care more expensive and less accessible for Americans, and Florida and Indiana's rate increases are just the latest example," said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman David Bergstein. "Unfortunately for Rick Scott, former state Representative Braun, and every single Republican Senate candidate, health care remains the most important midterm issue and voters will hold them accountable for putting party and political benefit ahead of their care."

More on how Republicans are sabotaging health care:

Forbes: Poll: 66% Of Voters Oppose Trump DOJ's Move To Gut Patient Protections

Wall Street Journal: Conservatives Make New Push to Repeal Affordable Care Act

Axios Vitals: Industry and experts pile on in ACA case

Axios Vitals: Actuaries: Trump rules are raising premiums

LA Times: Efforts to remove ACA mandates could harm those with preexisting conditions

Washington Examiner: GOP changes to Obamacare may drive up 2019 premiums: Report

Wall Street Journal: Get Health Coverage at Work? Lawsuit Against ACA Could Affect You, Too

Washington Post: The president's two-step Obamacare disaster

NBC: "Health care is top midterm issue for voters."

Washington Post: Health care is still a mess. Republicans are making it worse.

Axios Vitals: ACA premiums keep going up

Washington Post: The Health 202: Conservative activists aren't giving up their Obamacare repeal dream

Axios Vitals: The Trump effect on ACA premiums

The Hill: CBO: ObamaCare premiums to rise 15 percent in 2019

The Hill: Insurance official: 'Substantial' ObamaCare premium increases coming

Politico: CBO: 5M more uninsured in 2027, primarily due to mandate repeal

Axios Vitals: Analysis: GOP raising average ACA premiums by $1,000

New York Times: Trump's Plan for Cheaper Health Insurance Could Have Hidden Costs

Vox: The Republican cold war on the Affordable Care Act

HuffPost: The Uninsured Rate Is Worsening After Years Of Obamacare's Gains

Axios: 1 big thing: Let the ACA rate hikes begin

Washington Post: Americans are starting to suffer from Trump's health-care sabotage

Bloomberg: Obamacare Premiums to Surge Next Year, Early Rate Requests Show

Washington Post: The Health 202: Leading Obamacare insurer says things are 'materially worse' under Trump administration

Washington Post: Trump's former health secretary: Americans will pay more because GOP weakened Obamacare

Axios: The uninsured rate is rising again

Politico Pulse: More Americans worried about health care costs than about retirement, housing.

Vox: If you need prescriptions or maternity care, you won't like Trump's short-term insurance plans

Axios Vitals: What short-term health plans don't cover

Axios Vitals: Insurers push back on short-term plans

CNBC: Why health care costs are making consumers more afraid of medical bills than an actual illness

HuffPost: GOP Spending Against Obamacare Plummets In 2018 Elections

Axios Vitals: 1 big thing: How Republicans will handle premium hikes

Washington Post: Republicans lose their favorite campaign message: Repealing Obamacare

Axios: Budget office expects 34% jump in ACA premiums

The Hill: Top insurance official warns of coming ObamaCare premium hikes

Kasier Family Foundation: Majority of Americans "are worried about their out-of-pocket costs increasing so high that" they won't be able to afford care.

HuffPost: Voters Say Health Care Is A Top Issue In The 2018 Election -- A Good Sign For Democrats

Axios: Rural health care is expensive, and Washington isn't helping

Axios: Trump's health care tariffs could raise drug costs

Politico Pulse: Insurers prepare for double-digit rate hikes (again)

Forbes: Poll: 44% Of Americans Skip Doctor Visits Due To Cost

Politico: Premiums jumped 32 percent for popular Obamacare plans this year, report finds

Politico: Report: Insurers hiked premiums, sold fewer Obamacare plans in response to GOP changes

Washington Post: Premiums for ACA health insurance plans could jump 90 percent in three years

Bloomberg: Trump's Obamacare Changes to Push Up Premiums, Report Projects

Washington Post: Trump and the GOP damaged the Affordable Care Act. Now they own it.

New York Times: With Affordable Care Act's Future Cloudy, Costs for Many Seem Sure to Soar

TPM: CBO: Trump Admin's Approach To ACA Will Depress Enrollment, Hike Premiums

Wall Street Journal: Trump Administration Pushes Conservative Goals in Health-Care Market Changes

Axios: Tax cuts will save health care companies billions -- but not patients

The Hill: Study: ObamaCare premiums to rise 18 percent from GOP-backed changes

LA Times: Trump administration takes new steps to loosen health insurance rules