"Uncertainty around the individual insurance market for 2018 is making everyone nervous," Commissioner Marguerite Salazar said in a statement Thursday. Colorado's insurance commissioner has sent a letter to the state's congressional delegation warning that individual health insurance rates could see double-digit percentage increases next year because of lingering debate around health reform efforts in Washington. The individual market has already seen a series of price shocks in recent years, including a 20 percent jump for 2017. "All have expressed deep concerns about the increasing political and regulatory uncertainty around the individual health care market," she wrote in the letter. "Using the CSRs as a bargaining chip is tantamount to gambling with Coloradans' access to healthcare."Roughly 400,000 Coloradans buy health plans in the individual market, mostly through the Connect for Health Colorado website.
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