Speaker Johnson says benchmark premiums for Obamacare marketplace increased 80% overall since 2014

House Speaker Mike Johnson says at a weekly news conference that benchmark premiums for on the Obamacare marketplace for every plan increased 80% overall since 2014 and were continuing to rise, declared the unaffordable Care Act marketplace resulted in lower quality plan offerings and less consumer choices, explained Paragon health estimated there were over 6.4 million people who were improperly enrolled in the Obamacare exchanges, and noted a recent GAO study found that Obamacare subsidy system lacked even the most basic guardrails to prevent fraud waste and abuse.