"The White House has fired back at state officials' claims that health insurance premiums under the [ACA] will jump significantly next year, insisting that instead, the majority of Florida policyholders would see decreases in what they will pay. An analysis by [HHS] ... said the cost of a mid-level 'silver' plan, the type of policy purchased by 73 percent of Floridians participating in the new health care program, would drop 3 percent in Hillsborough County and 8 percent in Pinellas. That differs from information released ... by the [Florida] Office of Insurance Regulation, which said premiums would rise an average of 13.2 percent next year."

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