IMPORTANT: See this detailed explanation of how I’ve come up with the following estimated maximum requested weighted average rate increases for this state. As explained in the first link above, I’ve still been able to piece together rough estimates of the maximum possible and mid-range requested average rate increase for the North Carolina individual market: BCBS of NC had previously requested an already-ugly 25.7% average rate hike, but has now asked to bump that up even more, to 34.6% overall.

Source: North Carolina: Requested 2016 weighted avg. rate hikes: 27.0% (ouch)