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The Trump administration is giving health insurance companies more time to calculate price increases for 2018 because of uncertainty caused by the president’s threat to cut off crucial subsidies paid to insurers on behalf of millions of low-income people. Federal health officials said the deadline for insurers to file their rate requests would be extended by nearly three weeks, to Sept. 5. (Pear, 8/13)

The Trump administration is giving insurers more time to file their 2018 rate requests for ObamaCare plans. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday it would extend the deadline by three weeks, to Sept. 5, with a final deadline of Sept. 20. (Hellmann, 8/11)

Insurance companies struggling with uncertainty about the national health-care program have an extra three weeks to figure out how much to charge next year. The federal government said Friday it was extended its rate-filing deadline from Aug. 16 to Sept. 5 for insurance companies offering 2018 plans on state exchanges, including the exchange in New Hampshire. (Brooks, 8/11)

Insurers are grappling with a serious predicament in finalizing how much their health plans will cost, even after a three-week extension from the Trump administration. The new Sept. 5 deadline gives carriers more time to tweak their premiums for HealthCare.gov in a year where uncertainty surrounding the law has reached a new high. (Roubein, 8/13)