While all 11 health insurance companies are returning to the Covered California marketplace next year, Anthem Blue Cross is pulling out of all but 15 mostly rural north state counties. But Nevada County is one of those 15 counties, according to Alan Gerbaud with IB and C Insurance in Grass Valley. He says there are a lot of Anthem customers here. He says the company is responding to the ongoing attempts in Congress to end, or make major alterations to, the Affordable Care Act…

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Nearby counties where Anthem IS pulling out include Placer, El Dorado, and Sacramento counties. Gerbaud did not have an explanation for why Nevada County was spared. An estimated 1.4 million Californians buying insurance through the state exchange will see premiums increase an average of 12.5%…

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A year ago, the average increase was 13.2%. Gerbaud did not have an average percentage increase for Nevada County.