COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Health insurance rates in Ohio will rise an average of 18 percent for small businesses and 41 percent for individuals participating in the new marketplaces created by the federal health care law, state insurance officials said Thursday.

The details were the first glimpse of what Ohioans could see should they purchase private insurance in the exchanges created by President Barack Obama's health care law.

The increases in rates are partly due to consumers receiving more benefits under the plans than previously available.

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