Tester blames Trump for health insurance rate hikes

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Wednesday blamed Montana's 2018 proposed health insurance rate increases on efforts by the Trump administration to "try to undermine intentionally the health care system in this country."

"In business you want predictability, and in the health care industry because of Washington, D.C.'s, action, there is no predictability," Tester said in a telephone press call.

He said the failure to advertise the 2017 open enrollment period, when people can buy insurance through the Obamacare exchanges, and threats by President Donald Trump to withhold money for cost sharing re...