Modest rate hikes proposed for Georgia's 2019 Obamacare plans

In a bittersweet moment of relief for Obamacare customers, prices for next year’s premiums in Georgia are expected to see only modest increases, mostly in the single digits.

It’s a marked contrast to the brutal increases of recent years and not what experts expected.

The turmoil from Washington that has driven big rate increases in the past — according to the companies, consultants and ratings agencies — continues. But it appears that in Georgia at least, the companies benefited from raising rates enough last year that this year bigger spikes were not required.

In addition, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia is also restoring some of the coverage it cut last year, returning to parts of metro Atlanta to offer individual plans there again.

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