11 States and District of Columbia Send Letter to Senate Health Committee

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11 states along with the District of Columbia run their own Obamacare exchanges, and want more federal funding.
In a letter dated August 29th to the Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee the states shared there ideas, which included guaranteeing insurer payments and a reinsurance fund to help insurers.
The letter comes as insurers are trying to figure out much to charge for Obamacare, and some states are seeing possible increases of 50%.
The states also want the Department of Health and Human Service to continue granting them federal waivers to meet Obamacare requirements.