RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolinians are preparing for potential health care premium increases as the House of Representatives passes a long-awaited spending bill to reopen the government.

Currently, there are over 975,000 North Carolinians enrolled in coverage through the health care marketplace, roughly 10% of the state population.

Nicholas Riggs, Director of the NC Navigator Consortium, which assists North Carolinians in finding marketplace coverage options, said that premiums are expected to rise significantly.

"Compared to last year, premiums on average are going to go up between two and three times the amount that they were paying last year," he said.

Riggs also noted that the impacts of these looming price increases are already being felt. Many of those seeking enrollmen

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