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Your Call: Covered California 2017 rate hikes

On the September 6th edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the rising cost of healthcare and health insurance in California. Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, has announced that in 2017, premiums will rise by an average of 13 percent.

That’s more than three times the increase of the last two years. Why are health insurance costs increasing? And what’s been your experience with Covered California? Tweet your comments to @yourcallradio, and join us live at 10 am, with me Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit public interest group

Emily Bazar, senior correspondent and columnist with Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news service

Web Resources:

Covered CA: Get Help

Consumer Watchdog

Emily Bazar: Kaiser Health News

LA Times: California Obamacare rates to rise 13% in 2017, more than three times the increase of last two years

California Healthline: What Do Covered California's Big Rate Hikes Mean For You

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.