It's a threat to individuals, small businesses, the workers that they employ, and, as you just heard, to the quality of health insurance. And that is why we have to fight to keep these provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The Washington Office of Insurance Commissioner announced a few months ago that they had received a lot of requests to increase the rates by 21% a month, premiums by 21%. as you just heard, the largest increase in recent years and nearly double last year's increase. And they will decide this issue this month, in the month of August. (12:11–12:26)
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Asserts that the Washington Office of Insurance Commissioner received requests to increase insurance premiums by 21%.
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