CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republicans were quick to hammer the Obama administration, and Hillary Clinton, Tuesday over news that some health care plan premiums will spike next year.
Officials announced Monday that premiums will rise an average of 25 percent.
It was fodder for Republicans on the campaign trail.
Bill Clinton, stumping for his wife Hillary, was on the defense at an event in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
"All of my employees are having a tremendous problem with Obamacare," said Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee.
"[Trump] wants to repeal it and go back to the way it was, that's a terrible idea," Bill Clinton said.
Don Jonas, who teaches at Queens University and is executive director of Care Ring, said the spike is partly the result of sicker people enrolling in the marketplace. Care Ring is a non-profit that helps people who are uninsured or underinsured.
"Premiums were bound to rise, and they did," Jonas said.
Jonas believes nine out of 10 people won't see a premium increase, because subsidies will go up, too. Still, those who don't qualify for subsidies will feel it.
"Again, it's a small percentage, but they are real people," Jonas said.
The White House said that as of June 30, 2016, 10.4 million people were enrolled in Obamacare.
They said it has helped drop the number of uninsured Americans to a record low of 8.6 percent.
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