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This is interesting...they might not be able to retake it after all ...
The odds remain fairly good that the Democrats can regain control of the Senate in November, especially if Democratic presidential nominee continues her strong showing against Republican businessman Donald Trump in the polls.
At least seven Republican-held seats are seen as being in play, including Illinois, New Hampshire, Indiana and Wisconsin, as well as the three crucial swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. Four other races -- including veteran Republican Sen. John McCain’s reelection effort in Arizona -- are deemed competitive by political experts.
the political field is littered with potential landmines, and a sleeper issue that could explode in the Democrats’ faces is the Obamacare premium rate hikes.
Despite years of Republican vows to dismantle and replace the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare has received relatively little attention in the presidential and congressional races until now. Even as many major insurers, including Aetna, Humana and United Healthcare, have begunpulling out of many markets, threatening the long-term survival of the program, Obamacare is a secondary concern for many -- well behind the economy, terrorism and even the budget deficit.
Yet that could all change later this fall, shortly before the Nov. 8 election, when consumers in key battle ground states are confronted with huge increases in their premiums and out-of-pocket costs for the coming 2017 insurance season.
Early this week, three major insurers in Tennessee — Cigna Health Insurance, Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield — were granted massive premium increases after the state’s insurance commissioner warned that the Obamacare markets were “very near collapse.” Those rate hikes ranged from 44 percent for Humana to 62 percent for BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee.
Obamacare Price Hikes Could Cost Democrats Control of the Senate
The odds remain fairly good that the Democrats can regain control of the Senate in November, especially if Democratic presidential nominee continues her strong showing against Republican businessman Donald Trump in the polls.At least seven Republican-held seats are seen as being in play, including Illinois, New Hampshire, Indiana and Wisconsin, as well as the three crucial swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. Four other races -- including veteran Republican Sen. John McCain’s reelection effort in Arizona -- are deemed competitive by political experts.
the political field is littered with potential landmines, and a sleeper issue that could explode in the Democrats’ faces is the Obamacare premium rate hikes.
Despite years of Republican vows to dismantle and replace the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare has received relatively little attention in the presidential and congressional races until now. Even as many major insurers, including Aetna, Humana and United Healthcare, have begunpulling out of many markets, threatening the long-term survival of the program, Obamacare is a secondary concern for many -- well behind the economy, terrorism and even the budget deficit.
Yet that could all change later this fall, shortly before the Nov. 8 election, when consumers in key battle ground states are confronted with huge increases in their premiums and out-of-pocket costs for the coming 2017 insurance season.
Early this week, three major insurers in Tennessee — Cigna Health Insurance, Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield — were granted massive premium increases after the state’s insurance commissioner warned that the Obamacare markets were “very near collapse.” Those rate hikes ranged from 44 percent for Humana to 62 percent for BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee.
Obamacare Price Hikes Could Cost Democrats Control of the Senate
