Are Republicans to blame for rising premiums under Obamacare?

Specifically, the president threatened to stop paying out the Affordable Care Act's “cost-sharing reductions” — subsidies that defray the losses insurers suffer when they sell low-income Obamacare enrollees coverage at below-market rates. read more

No, Republicans are not to blame for rising premiums under Obamacare, nor are Democrats—at least not directly. The proponents of the ACA made an assumption about human behavior. That is to say, that young, healthy individuals would rush to enroll. read more

Premiums are also affected by efforts to undermine the health care law, she said in a statement Monday, including certain states’ decisions not to expand Medicaid and actions taken by a Republican-led Congress to block funding for the law. read more

Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) blamed Republicans for the major premiums hikes under Obamacare set to hit next year while speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday. read more