While Mainers still reeling from health insurance hikes, insurers propose more

Kennebunkport resident Kristin Fuhrmann-Simmons saw her family’s health insurance costs increase ten-fold after Congress last year failed to extend pandemic-era tax credits for plans purchased on the marketplace. Next year, she’s facing another potential 20% increase, this time due to a proposed hike by her insurance provider.

“I didn’t know that the cost of care could get any worse,” Fuhrmann-Simmons said. “I had no idea that they were going to say, ‘Now we need to increase it again.’”

“My God,” she added, “this has been difficult this year. What’s it going to look like next year?”