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Monthly health insurance premiums for roughly 1.7 million people in California will go up an average of 9.6% next year, but not everyone will feel it.

Health insurance premiums on Covered California will increase an average of 9.6% next year

Health insurance premiums on Covered California will increase an average of 9.6% next year.

Rates will climb an average of nearly 11% in the Sacramento region, but there will be relief statewide.

California still offers generous subsidies, but the rate hike signals that runaway health care costs are back after five years of low premium increases. Story from @CalMatters.

California state officials believe monthly insurance premiums for nearly 1.7 million residents will rise by an average of 9.6% next year.

Health insurance premiums on Covered California will increase an average of 9.6% next year.

FILE - Agents help sign people up for insurance through the Covered California exchange at their storefront in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2016. Health insurance premiums on Covered California will increase an average of 9.6% next year. But state officials say most people will avoid price h

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California still offers generous subsidies, but the rate hike signals that runaway health care costs are back after five years of low premium increases.