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Agents help sign people up for insurance through the Covered California exchange at their storefront in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2016. Health insurance premiums on Covered California will increase an average of 9.6% next year. But state officials say most people will avoid price hikes because of government assistance programs. More than 1.7 million Californians buy their health insurance through Covered California. (Nick Agro/The Orange County Register via AP, File)Of the new enrollees, 52,581 were in the Bay Area.
Originally published at Caelyn Pender