Rural Californians Want Price Relief From GOP Health Bill, But Unlikely To Get It

Many individuals in the Republican corner of California are looking to the GOP majority in Congress to bring some relief. But for most of them, prices would jump even more under the main proposals the party has served up so far, and fewer services would be covered, according to analyses by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Average premiums in California would double under the U.S. Senate plan, according to a recent analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Being told you have to have insurance you can’t afford, and then that doesn’t cover what you need? You are stuck, said Modoc County resident Althia Cline, who decided to forgo Obamacare coverage – and a surgery she needs to help with her asthma – when she couldn’t find a health plan that her doctors accepted.

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