Average health insurance bill may increase 13 percent in New York next year, and for some it's much worse

We’ve known health insurance rates will be increasing next year in New York. But now we have more details about insurers' overall plans for the state, where health insurance costs are already among the highest in the nation. State regulators today released proposed rate increases filed for 2015 insurance premiums. Overall, the weighted average increase that insurers requested for 2015 is about 13 percent, state regulators said. That average is comparable to historical trends in New York, but it… Reported by bizjournals 19 hours ago.