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California consumers are buying gold health insurance plans in record numbers

Dan Gorenstein Dec 13, 2017
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California consumers are buying gold health insurance plans in record numbers

Dan Gorenstein Dec 13, 2017
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Obamacare’s open enrollment period closes for most states Friday. Thanks to a complicated federal formula, a spike in premiums this year has given consumers who are eligible for subsidies more money to buy insurance. And early signs suggest some people in California and Washington state are going for the gold —the gold, normally expensive, plans.

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