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The Reasons Behind Rising Premiums

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Health insurance premiums for the Affordable Care Act’s benchmark silver plan for 2017 have risen an average of 22 percent. University of South Carolina clinical associate professor and economist Robert Hartwig says in Columbia, you’ll see a rise around 29 percent. Hartwig says there are two reasons for the rise. “Medical costs are going up, as they…