Newsmax So much for lower insurance premiums for young consumers under Obamacare.
According to The Wall Street Journal, insurance costs for young buyers will be much higher in many states on new Obamacare insurance exchanges.
The Journal’s chart below compares lowest current and Obamacare premiums for an unmarried, 27-year-old in select metro areas in 36 states where the federal government will oversee exchanges.
| State | City | Exchange Premiums |
Current Premiums |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Birmingham | $170 | $80 |
| Alaska | Anchorage | $254 | $79 |
| Arizona | Phoenix | $139 | $50 |
| Arkansas | Little Rock | $190 | $31 |
| Delaware | $203 | $51 | |
| Florida | Miami | $163 | $66 |
| Georgia | Atlanta | $166 | $43 |
| Idaho | Boise | $145 | $59 |
| Illinois | Chicago | $125 | $74 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis | $204 | $84 |
| Iowa | Cedar Rapids | $132 | $70 |
| Kansas | Wichita | $121 | $43 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | $170 | $39 |
| Maine | Portland | $192 | $122 |
| Michigan | Detroit | $138 | $55 |
| Mississippi | Jackson | $199 | $58 |
| Missouri | St. Louis | $147 | $64 |
| Montana | Bozeman | $147 | $66 |
| Nebraska | Omaha | $162 | $26 |
| New Hampshire | $186 | $149 | |
| New Jersey | $219 | $162 | |
| New Mexico | Albuquerque | $126 | $38 |
| North Carolina | Charlotte | $183 | $35 |
| North Dakota | Fargo | $175 | $47 |
| Ohio | Columbus | $205 | $47 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | $105 | $54 |
| Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | $195 | $73 |
| South Carolina | Columbia | $166 | $55 |
| South Dakota | Sioux Falls | $196 | $89 |
| Tennessee | Nashville | $114 | $41 |
| Texas | Houston | $138 | $63 |
| Utah | Salt Lake | $143 | $72 |
| Virginia | Fairfax County | $144 | $44 |
| West Virginia | Huntington | $176 | $96 |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | $200 | $69 |
| Wyoming | Cheyenne | $271 | $82 |
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