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So I'm using Georgia Access' state-based exchange website as a starting point,
but you can actually do this at healthcare.gov.
John Chakowsky is at his computer, scrolling through the options for health insurance in Georgia.
I'm plugging in, I live in Fulton County, so I'm in downtown Atlanta.
Here's my date of birth, and then my income.
Chakowsky is an independent insurance broker, and he's giving us a closer look at what he calls a double whammy.
Premiums for insurance that complies with the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, have gone up.
And federal tax credits that would have helped people pay for them expired on January 1st.
Chukowski saw the effects of this on prices and on the people he helps find insurance.
Seeing the rates increase year over year.
That's kind of par for the course.
Seeing the rates jump overnight from one year to the next,
that significant, you know, 30 to 40%, that was a shock to the system.
Most people were not expecting the shift to be that dramatic.
And this last open enrollment, like, eyes were wide open and people in tears saying, I can't pay for this.
I'm gonna have to go uninsured.