Blue Cross/Blue Shield recently announced a significant price increase for individual health insurance plans, and it may be the start of something else. Clemon-Maki Insurance agent Jeff Maki expressed concern.

“When the cost of health care goes up, that affects the cost of health insurance,” Maki said. “Claims go in and money comes out.”

There are a number of possibilities for the increase in prices, but no one knows for sure. Maki believes prices went up either because more people are consuming health care or because health care costs went up. There already have been major changes announced this year, and Maki does not know what next year will bring.