Health Insurance Company Wants To Hike Its Rates

Blue Cross 2RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – Who’s your health insurance with…??? If it’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas you may be in for price shock.

The largest health insurer in the state, with over 5-million policies, wants to raise its rates by an average of nearly 60-percent for customers who get their coverage through the Affordable Care Act or buy it independently.

Blue Cross cities losses under Obama Care. It blames lower than expected enrollment and sicker than expected customers.

Unlike many other health insurance companies Blue Cross offers coverage in every county in the state of Texas.

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