Starting Jan. 1, 2020, more than 73,000 Vermonters will see a double-digit price hike in their health insurance.

The Green Mountain Care Board approved the increase.

It approved a 12.4% price hike for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont. MVP Health Care will get a 10.1% hike. That's for Vermont Health Connect plans.

Those increases are a little less than the insurers requested.

Vermont Health Connect heard from nearly 600 Vermonters about the rate hikes before making the decision.

Our Darren Perron spoke with the board's chair, Kevin Mullin, about those increases.

Mullin admitted it's a problem for people who won't be able to afford it and said these rate increases are not sustainable in Vermont.

He said he's not going to put a positive spin on this because there isn't one. He called the numbers terrible.

Watch the videos for the full interview.