The race is on to see what happens first to Obamacare: will Congress kill the program, or will it self-destruct?  An analysis of the Obamacare insurance market for 2018 by a health care think-tank makes the question academic. That's because next year, consumers in more than 40% of all the counties in America will have only one insurer to choose if they purchase an Obamacare policy.  That's up from 33% this year.  Also, premium increases averaging 18% will drive even more people out of the market and keep the downward spiral of Obamacare going. Washington Free Beacon: According to their count, there will be 47 counties that will have no insurer participating on the exchange leaving about 34,000 consumers with no choice. Only 27 percent of counties will likely have more than three health insurers participating. In 2016, 64 percent of counties had three or more insurers participating. "In addition to the cost of premiums, insurer decisions...(Read Full Post)