Health Insurance Rate Hikes Coming Soon, Targeted At Freelancers And Small Business Employees

As if being a freelancer wasn’t hard enough already, many insurers say that health care reform is causing them to hike up rates, the WSJ reports.

Big insurers like Aetna and BlueCross BlueShield have asked state regulators for premium increases of 1 to 9 percent. That’s just to pay for the new benefits required under health care reform, the insurers say, and is on top of any other “regular” rate hike. In total, some consumers are facing rate increases of more than 20 percent.

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