Obamacare premiums double, adding post Halloween fright for US health insurance shoppers

(This November 1 story is repeated without any changes to the text) NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans shopping for 2026 Obamacare health insurance plans are facing a more than doubling of monthly premiums on average and are likely to postpone signing up in hopes of a last-minute reprieve, or walk away, health experts say. COVID-19 pandemic-era subsidies, due to expire at year-end, are at the center of the month-long U.