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Politifact: Legislature Gave Up Control of Health Insurance Rates

The state of Florida has not exactly been warm and welcoming to the Affordable Care act - better known as Obamacare. Florida was part of the lawsuit seeking to overturn Obamacare. That's the case in which the ACA was upheld by the Supreme Court.

But democrats are now charging that Florida's dragging its feet on Obamacare could potentially cost Floridians when it comes to their health insurance rates.
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch recently wrote in a letter signed by all 10 of the state’s Democratic representatives that Florida lawmakers have left the state vulnerable to unreasonably high insurance premiums by stripping Florida of its ability to review rates for the law’s rollout.

That's a claim that PolitiFact Florida checked out and Politifact's Angie Holan explained their finding to WUSF's Craig Kopp.