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Average premiums for key Obamacare benchmark plans are set to drop for the first time in the program’s history, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday, challenging Democrats’ claims that the Trump administration had “sabotaged” the law.
Mr. Azar said insurers that will sell plans on the HealthCare.gov website next year requested rates that are 2 percent lower than this year for the benchmark policies.
Although the reduction is small, it marks the first time that the market has avoided big increases.
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