Yes, It Was The 'Affordable' Care Act That Increased Premiums:
It turns out that across the
board, for all ages and family sizes, for HMO, PPO, and POS plans,
premium increases averaged about 60 percent from 2013, the last year
before ACA reforms took effect, to 2017. In same length of time
preceding that, all groups experienced premium increases of less than 10
percent, and most age groups actually experienced premium decreases, on
average.