Louisiana’s Obamacare Insurance Premiums To Rise By ‘Double Digits’

State regulators approved significant premium hikes on Louisiana's ObamaCare exchanges this week, with average increases in each state reaching double digits.

For our state, 2015 plans will be much costlier. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, the exchange’s largest insurer, is increasing prices 18.3 percent to 19.7 percent for three different plans. More than 50,000 customers are currently covered by those plans. However, there is a little good news: the insurer isn’t hiking rates on customers with narrowed networks in New Orleans, Baton Rouge or Shreveport.

The announcements of the increases come in the final days of a tight Senate race that could decide whether Republicans can take Senate control from Democrats,