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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Adam Beam | Associated Press

Health insurance gets pricier as more return to the doctor’s office after pandemic slowdown

Registered nurse Sandra Younan sets up a new intravenous line for a patient under her care at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Los Angeles. California officials have announced health insurance rates would increase an average of 6% for the 1.7 million people who buy coverage through the state-run health insurance marketplace, Covered California. (Damian Dovarganes / AP)

After putting off routine health care for much of the pandemic, Americans are now returning to doctors’ offices in big numbers — a trend that’s starting to show up in higher insurance rates across the country.

Health insurers in individual marketplaces across 13 states and Washington, D.C., will raise rates an average of 10% next year, according to a review of rate filings by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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