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OK, We Agree: Obamacare Needs Some Fixes. Now What?
The marketplaces' rate hikes will hit Nov. 1, just before Election Day. No wonder Clinton isn't talking up this program.
Bad news for the doctor, or for patients, or for taxpayers.
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For weeks, rumors have been flying that WikiLeaks would deliver an “October surprise” for Hillary Clinton’s campaign, a bombshell revelation that she would struggle to recover from in the short weeks remaining until the election. (So far, it's a dud -- surprise!)
But Clinton should be worried about a “November surprise” -- the wave of policy cancellations and rate hikes that will attend the debut of Obamacare’s fourth open-enrollment period, on Nov. 1. Just a week before Election Day.