27 October 2016 - The Affordable Care Act has faced a rocky six months. 

First, major national insurers scaled back their participation, leaving about one in five people buying coverage through health exchanges with only one plan to choose from. 

Then this week, the Obama administration announced that exchange plans would post an average premium increase of more than 20 percent (though most enrollees would be insulated from the full increase by subsidies for their coverage).

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