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I guess “terrific” doesn’t mean what it used to mean. According to the Washington Post, the average monthly before-subsidy premium for a plan purchased in the health care exchanges was $621, an increase of 30 percent from 2017. For some reason, this rise in premiums doesn’t seem to be getting as much attention as the increase in premiums while President Obama was still in office.